Statement of Work.docx

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ADA Vote By Mail Platform
Solicitation number
22-587BOE-ADMIN-B-27772
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Illinois

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The document is a Statement of Work for an Accessible Vote-by-Mail (AVBM) platform procurement by the Illinois State Board of Elections. The AVBM platform is required to be WCAG 2.0 AA, Section 508, and MOVE Act compliant, enabling voters with accessibility needs to mark their ballots using their own assistive technologies and print the marked ballot for return. The platform should provide capabilities such as screen reader access, font size and contrast adjustments, language support, overvote and undervote protection, ballot tracking, and configurability. The vendor will provide implementation services, user support, and training to state and local administrators. The state is needing this AVBM platform ready for use by May.

The related state and local contract opportunity details the procurement of this ADA Vote By Mail Platform for the state of Illinois. No additional pricing, set aside, incumbent, funding, or other salient information is provided in the given materials.

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Statement of Work

The State board of Elections is wanting to procure an Accessible Vote-by-Mail (AVBM) platform that will enable voters with accessibility needs to mark candidate/contest choices on a computer utilizing their own assistive technologies and print their marked ballot and return materials. To meet the needs of voters with accessibility needs, AVBM is WCAG 2.0 AA and Section 508 compliant as well as MOVE Act compliant.

AVBM should have the following capabilities:

· Voters without sight can use a screen reader to access and use all aspects of the voter interface.

· Voters can adjust the size of the font within the application.

· Voters can change the contrast settings within the application.

· Language support

· Overvote and undervote protection

· Candidate/measure selection verification

· Ballot Tracking

· Configurability

Implementation Implementation services focus on configuring AVBM according to the State’s preferences

· Establishing key messages that voters see: welcome, instructions, etc

· Importing ballot data from election authority voting systems exports

· Ballot design and templates

· Return package (all documents besides the ballot)

· Address and contact information for each of the counties

· Establishing voter help articles

Support

· Vendor will provide support by email and phone.

Training

· AVBM training will be provided by vendor to state and local administrators to minimize the time required to learn the system

Expedited Development & Implementation:

· The State Board of Elections is needing this AVBM platform ready for use in May.

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