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Florida Department of Management Services rules on accessibility standards for electronic and information technology and state agency procurement from vendors
Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.002 and 60-8.003
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you sell electronic or information technology to a Florida state agency, provide the electronic and information technology resources in complete compliance with the accessibility standards of rule 60-8.002, the language the agency must include in its solicitations and contracts (Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.003(2)).
- A state agency buying electronic and information technology must procure the products that comply with the standards of rule 60-8.002 when they are commercially available or developed in response to a solicitation, and where none fully complies, the product that best meets them (Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.003(1)).
- Software you sell to a Florida state agency for use on a system with a keyboard must allow product functions to be executed from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually (Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.002(4)(a)1.).
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What it reaches
Obligation class
Contract terms
Applicability criteria
The agency must include the accessibility language in its solicitations and contracts and must document why any undue burden exists (Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.003(2) and (3)).
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- Criteria
- sells electronic and information technology to a Florida state agency (Fla. Admin. Code R. 60-8.003(2))
What this law does
When procuring electronic and information technology resources, state agencies must procure the products that comply with the accessibility standards in rule 60-8.002 when such products are available in the commercial marketplace or are developed in response to a solicitation. If products are commercially available that meet some but not all of the accessibility standards, the state agency must procure the product that best meets the standards.
State agencies must include language in their solicitations and contracts requiring vendors to provide electronic and information technology resources in complete compliance with the accessibility standards in rule 60-8.002. Where a state agency determines that compliance imposes an undue burden, its procurement documentation must explain specifically why, and to what extent, compliance with each provision creates an undue burden.
The technical standards in rule 60-8.002 apply to the development, procurement, maintenance and use of electronic and information technology, and include that product functions be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. Rule 60-8.003 took effect on . Rule 60-8.002 was last amended effective .
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