Policy and Procedures

OI&T Section 508 Policy Documents

The Office of Acquisition and Logistic Information Letter on Implementation of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 1998 Amendments. ( PDF, 4 pages - 112KB)
The EIT Undue Burden Exception Determination and Certification is to be completed by the Requiring Official (Purchase Requester).
( PDF, 2 pages - 128KB)
Contracting offices that award indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) 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. ( PDF, 1 page - 75KB)
The Section 508 Determination and Findings for Purchase Requests is to be completed by the Requiring Official (Purchase Requester) and provided to the procurement office. ( PDF, 6 pages - 200KB)
Offerors will complete this Vendor Check list in order for the government to determine if there are commercially available products that meet all of section 508 requirements. ( PDF, 14 pages - 217KB)
The EIT Commercial Non-Availability Certification is to be completed by the Requiring Official
(Purchase Requester) for purchase requests involving Electronic & Information Technology (EIT).
( PDF, 12 pages - 251KB)
Roles and responsibilities of the participants in the VA Acquisition Process ( PDF, 2 pages - 57KB)

DM&EEO Processing Requests for Reasonable Accommodation by Employees and Application with Disabilities. (Handbook 5975)
( PDF, 25 pages -965KB)
Directive 5975 ( PDF, 8 pages - 261 KB)

The Buy Accessible Wizard, Check out the new Buy Accessible Wizard tool. This is a web-based tool to help users determine and document Section 508 requirements that apply to a particular E&IT acquisition.
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) template allows vendors to communicate in a standard way how they comply with the Access Board's provisions.
View the VPAT.

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