Section_508.pdf
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This document is an ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement for a Nikon Instruments E201 Application solicitation, establishing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act compliance requirements for federal procurement.
The solicitation mandates that all procured, developed, maintained, or used ICT must conform to the Revised 508 Standards. Hardware components that transmit information or have user interfaces must meet Chapter 4 requirements, while support documentation and services must meet Chapter 6 requirements. Functional performance criteria require ICT to provide operational modes accommodating users without vision, with limited vision, without color perception, without hearing, with limited hearing, without speech, with limited manipulation, with limited reach and strength, and with limited language, cognitive, and learning abilities. Applications must comply with Section 503 standards, and support documentation must list and explain accessibility and compatibility features, with electronic documentation conforming to WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria.
Offerors must provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available ICT item using the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Version 2.1 or later, with detailed explanations addressing each Section 508 requirement and clarifying whether conformance is achieved throughout the entire ICT item or only in limited areas. Offerors must also describe their approach to universal design principles, plans for non-conforming features, typical user scenarios including individuals with disabilities, and evaluation methods supporting conformance claims. The government reserves the right to perform testing prior to award and acceptance to validate conformance claims, and may require remediation if delivered items do not align with claimed conformance levels before acceptance.
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Accessibility Requirements Tool
ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement per
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Solicitation Development
Nikon Instruments
E201 Application
E201.1 Scope. ICT that is procured, developed, maintained, or used by agencies shall conform to the Revised 508 Standards.
E206 Hardware
E206.1 General. Where components of ICT are hardware and transmit information or have a user interface, such components shall conform to the requirements in
Chapter 4.
E208 Support Documentation and Services
E208.1 General. Where an agency provides support documentation or services for
ICT, such documentation and services shall conform to the requirements in Chapter
6.
E302 Functional Performance Criteria
302.1 Without Vision. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user vision.
302.2 With Limited Vision. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that enables users to make use of limited vision.
302.3 Without Perception of Color. Where a visual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one visual mode of operation that does not require user perception of color.
302.4 Without Hearing. Where an audible mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user hearing.
302.5 With Limited Hearing. Where an audible mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that enables users to make use of limited hearing.
302.6 Without Speech. Where speech is used for input, control, or operation, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require user speech.
302.7 With Limited Manipulation. Where a manual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous manual operations.
302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength. Where a manual mode of operation is provided, ICT shall provide at least one mode of operation that is operable with limited reach and limited strength.
302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities. ICT shall provide features making its use by individuals with limited cognitive, language, and learning abilities simpler and easier.
503 Applications
503.1 General. Applications shall conform to 503.
602 Support Documentation
602.1 General. Documentation that supports the use of ICT shall conform to 602.
602.2 Accessibility and Compatibility Features. Documentation shall list and explain how to use the accessibility and compatibility features required by Chapters
4 and 5. Documentation shall include accessibility features that are built-in and accessibility features that provide compatibility with assistive technology.
602.3 Electronic Support Documentation. Documentation in electronic format, including Web-based self-service support, shall conform to Level A and Level AA
Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements in WCAG 2.0 (incorporated by reference, see 702.10.1).
602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-Electronic Support Documentation. Where support documentation is only provided in non-electronic formats, alternate formats usable by individuals with disabilities shall be provided upon request.
Instructions to Offerors
1 Provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available Information and Communication Technology (ICT) item offered through this contract. Create the ACR using the Voluntary Product
Accessibility Template Version 2.1 or later, located at https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat. Complete each ACR in accordance with the instructions provided in the VPAT template. Each ACR must address the applicable Section 508 requirements referenced in the Work
Statement. Each ACR shall state exactly how the ICT meets the applicable standards in the remarks/explanations column, or through additional narrative.
All "Not Applicable" (N/A) responses must be explained in the remarks/explanations column or through additional narrative. Address each standard individually and with specificity, and clarify whether conformance is achieved throughout the entire ICT Item (for example - user functionality, administrator functionality, and reporting), or only in limited areas of the ICT
Item. Provide a description of the evaluation methods used to support Section
508 conformance claims. The agency reserves the right, prior to making an award decision, to perform testing on some or all of the Offeror’s proposed
ICT items to validate Section 508 conformance claims made in the ACR.
2 Describe your approach to incorporating universal design principles to ensure
ICT products or services are designed to support disabled users.
3 Describe plans for features that do not fully conform to the Section 508
Standards.
4 Describe "typical" user scenarios and tasks, including individuals with disabilities, to ensure fair and accurate accessibility testing of the ICT product or service being offered.
Acceptance Criteria
1 Prior to acceptance, the government reserves the right to perform testing on required ICT items to validate the offeror’s Section 508 conformance claims. If the government determines that Section 508 conformance claims provided by the offeror represent an inaccurate level of conformance than what is actually delivered to the agency, the government shall, at its option, require the offeror to remediate the delivered item to align with the required Section 508 conformance claims prior to acceptance.
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