Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts

(06/04/01)

The suggested Section 508 representation clause need not be used for IDIQ contracts since both compliant and non-compliant products may be offered by such contracts, regardless of award date. However, contracting offices that award indefinite-quantity contracts must indicate to ordering offices which supplies and services the contractor indicates as compliant, and show where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor's or other exact web page location).

Contracting officers may wish to evaluate for initial award the extent of Section 508 compliant products (supplies and services) being offered versus the non-compliant products in order to encourage offerors to emphasize compliant goods and services. This can be done in a variety of ways, including provision by the offeror of a listing of compliant products, since he is required to provide one for ordering officials anyway per the FAR. The contracting officer could evaluate the percentage of compliant products relative to the total variety offered.

The below paragraph may be included in Section C of an IDIQ solicitation to satisfy the new FAR subpart 39.203(b)(2) and provide other assurances. If the contracting officer is also seeking the list for proposal evaluation purposes, he will need to include something similar in solicitation L as well.

"XX.XX Section 508 Compliance

The Contractor shall indicate, for each line item in the schedule, whether each product or service is compliant or noncompliant with the accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194. Further, the proposal must indicate where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor's website or other exact location."