Electronic Accessibility
All electronic products or services purchased by the University should be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Some staff, students, faculty and the public may find it difficult or impossible to use an electronic product/service that has significant accessibility problems. This situation exposes the University to risk, increases costs, and undermines the University’s commitment to accessibility.
The Electronic Accessibility Committee developed guidelines to help UC procurement and electronic accessibility staff ensure that their procurement processes support the need to purchase accessible electronic products/services. It is cheaper and easier to require accessibility when making a purchase, rather than trying to remediate an accessibility problem after purchase.
Accessible procurement guidelines PDF
Ensuring IT products and services are accessible to individuals with disabilities
Policy Link
Direct link to the UC IT Accessibility Policy
WCAG 2.0 checklist PDF
Questions and checklist to include in RFPs for web-based purchases
Supplier Demo Guide
How suppliers should demonstrate the accessibility of their products.
Voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT) for use when procuring non web-based products/services
For use in RFPs for non web-based IT purchases
UC Terms & Conditions of Purchase
See Article 6D and E for accessibility requirements on the UC Terms & Conditions on Procurement Services page