The Accessible Procurement Toolkit
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About this Toolkit
Procuring electronic and information technologies, training and services.
The Accessible Procurement Toolkit is a Web-based application that delivers accessibility requirements and standards to apply to a purchase of mainstream products and services. Applying these standards will ensure that products meet "Universal Design" principles. The inclusion of these standards will help the procuring organization meet its mandated obligation to purchase more accessible goods and services.
Who should use this Toolkit?
The toolkit can be used by:
- purchasing managers to inform procurement officers of their product requirements
- procurement officers to add accessibility clauses to purchasing documents
- manufacturers to see what standards might apply to their products for planning and development purposes
- vendors to compare the compliance level of their products to government or national standards
Use case:
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.
