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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services accessibility contract clause and supplier conformance report for information and communication technology
Accessibility of Information and Communication Technology Standard
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Contract terms, Disclosure
- Conformance standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA
What it requires
- If you sell information and communication technology to an Oklahoma state agency, expect the contract to require that, unless an exception applies, all products and services you provide or develop under it, including the primary acquisition, electronic training material, user documentation, reference material and other communications materials related to the work, and every update, new release, version, upgrade, improvement, bug fix, patch, customization or other modification, conform to the Standards, which at minimum must meet WCAG 2.1 AA (Standard, contract clause).
- Describe your conformance with those requirements in a completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) or other comparable document: for an off-the-shelf product, a completed VPAT conformance report at contract execution, and for a custom acquisition, a completed VPAT demonstrating conformance to the applicable standards upon delivery (Standard, contract clause, Affirmation of Conformance).
- Your conformance claim in the VPAT is a material contractual term between you and the state agency (Standard, contract clause, Affirmation of Conformance).
- If the product requires development or customization, meet the additional requirements and documentation the statement of work, rider, agreement, purchase order or amendment states (Standard, contract clause).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
The Accessibility of Information and Communication Technology Standard provides a contract clause that must be included in any acquisition of information and communication technology by a state agency.
Under the clause, unless an exception applies, all products and services provided or developed as part of fulfilling the contract must conform to the Standards, which at minimum must meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA, including the primary acquisition, any electronic training material, user documentation, reference material or other communications materials related to the work, and any updates, new releases, versions, upgrades, improvements, bug fixes, patches, customizations or other modifications.
The supplier must provide a description of conformance by means of a completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template or other comparable document. For off-the-shelf products the supplier must provide a completed conformance report at the time of contract execution, and for custom acquisitions the supplier must provide a completed template demonstrating conformance to applicable standards upon delivery.
The conformance claim in the template constitutes a material contractual term between the supplier and the customer. If products require development or customization, additional requirements and documentation may be required and compliance is necessary by the supplier. The standard states an effective date of .
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