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<p class="MsoNormal">That statement isn’t bad… I would add something to the effect of
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">COMPANY acknowledges and warrants that their products and services are currently in compliance and during the Term of this Agreement shall remain in compliance with all applicable Federal and
Washington State disabilities laws and regulations </span><span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis">“and will promptly correct any aspects found to be out of compliance.”</span><span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Monica Olsson via athen-list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2024 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Accessibility Compliance Statement for RFP document<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:#FFFF99">EXTERNAL MAIL:
<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu"><span style="font-weight:normal">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</span></a>:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:#FFFF99"> Do not click links or open attachments
unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please contact your college IT Help Desk if you have any questions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">I want to gather examples of technical accessibility compliance statements to insert into an RFP document for my agency. We are working to identify a Student Success and
Advising software solution for our 34 colleges and that will integrate into our existing system application as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">What statements are you using??</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Included is an example Accessibility Contract Rider that I may end up tweaking to be appropriate for the RFP process. Additionally, we plan to ask each vendor to complete
the <b><a href="https://www.1edtech.org/standards/accessibility-rubric" target="_blank" title="https://www.1edtech.org/standards/accessibility-rubric">1Ed Tech Accessibility Rubric</a></b>, provide us with a product demo illustrating accessibility, and will
do our own functional testing for the top two solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">SBCTC Accessibility Rider Example<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222"> </span></a></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> as amended, SBCTC is obligated to provide access to its programs, activities, and services to people with disabilities. </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">SBCTC must ensure that its IT products, programs, and services are accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222"> </span></a></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Washington
State Policy 188</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">. “Accessible” means to provide substantially similar functionality, experience, ease of use, and information access to people with disabilities as
is provided to people without disabilities.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">COMPANY acknowledges and warrants that their products and services are currently in compliance and during the Term of this Agreement shall remain in compliance with all applicable
Federal and Washington State disabilities laws and regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">On an annual basis OR at the time of product renewal, COMPANY will provide SBCTC with a completed Accessibility Compliance Report (ACR) documentation as assurance and verification
of the status of accessibility conformance to WCAG 2.1AA technical standards for all of COMPANY’S products covered by this contract. Parties agree that the current Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) document at version level 2.3 or higher (available
at</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222"> </span></a></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat</span></a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> will
satisfy this requirement. SBCTC may complete internal functional testing as well as independent/third-party accessibility assessment of the accessibility of COMPANY’S works at any time, but will not be held responsible for doing so.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060;background:white">•Email:
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank">molsson@sbctc.edu</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">•
Phone: 360-704-3922</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#242424">The power of the Web is in its universality.</span><span style="color:#242424"><br>
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#242424">Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.</span></i></b><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#242424">Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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