About this Toolkit

Procuring electronic and information technologies, training and services.

You are planning to purchase or procure some technology or service for an organization. You are not expected to know whether the employees of that organization have disabilities that would prevent them from using any of the items to be purchased. You do know that all technology and services purchased by the organization must either be directly accessible to people with disabilities or must be capable of being made accessible through the use of some assistive technology.

What criteria, requirements or prerequisites need to be added to contracting documents to ensure that the purchases will be maximally accessible? What questions need to be asked of a vendor or manufacturer to ensure the mainstream products you are buying off the shelf will be useable by employees with disabilities?

The Accessible Procurement Toolkit will help you answer these questions.

See the (Workplace Accommodation Toolkit) if you need to purchase or learn about technology, equipment or services to accommodate the specific needs of a person with a disability.