Speaker: Jules Kuehn
Twitter: @SSC_CA
Slides
- Government procurement is not the most exciting stuff
- Shared Services Canada (SSC) awarded $1.8 billion mostly ICT
- Benefits from government buying accessible ICT
- more accessible services
- more accessible tools
- Procurement requirements push industry to build more accessible
- Accessible Canada Act: Identify, remove and prevent accessibility barriers
- Accessibility Strategy for the Public Service: All major ICT systems launched as of 2021 to be accessible
- EN 301 549 (2018) includes WCAG & Revised Section 508
- SSC is piloting to include EN 301 549 (2018) in enterprise procurements
- EN 301 549 link: https://www.essentialaccessibility.com/blog/en-301-549
- Evaluation criteria: mix of mandatory / rated:
- Mandatory: Provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) based on Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
- Rated: Bidder provides an ACR based on VPAT 2.3 or higher: 10 points
- Rated: Bidder provides an ACR that includes EN 301 549 2018+: 20 points
- Rating by Testing:
- The evaluation team will award points based on level of conformance with the EN 301 549 (2018) requirements listed in Annex X
- Usability testing:
- By persons with disabilities and with adaptive technologies
- Reach the Accessibility Triage Team at: ssc.att-eta.spc@canada.ca