ADA Compliant Web Design

Scope

Ashland Power District seeks sealed Proposals to establish a contract with a qualified company that can make our website fully accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Contract Term

A 1-year contract should result from this solicitation.

Statement of Work

It is anticipated that vendors will present a roadmap similar to the format listed below:

• Accessibility Review: a manual examination of the Ashland Power District website, capturing detail on all accessibility issues and providing written recommendations on correcting these issues
  • Develop and implement solutions to make your site more adjustable by users
• Plan for New Content: development of a detailed blueprint for Ashland Power District to follow to ensure present and future content is accessible at the time of creation
• Training Plan: development and delivery of courseware designed to instruct content providers and web developers on staff in best practices for creating accessible content

Cost

Please address all costs associated with your bid response and with all deliverables and solutions you propose. Do not provide options or add-ons. Present the entire solution that you recommend for 100% compliance.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of ADA WCAG 2.0 compliance rules and best practices
  • Perceivable
  • Operable
  • Understandable
  • Robust
• Ensure that your entire site is keyboard navigable
• Guarantee work against potential lawsuits
• Handle more comprehensive upgrade projects to refresh the design of your website, clean up the code, and update the tools

Special Requirements

ADA Compliant Website Checklist:

• Alt tags for all images
• Element color and size
• Text transcripts for audio/video
• Proper markup techniques for structuring content
• Consistency in layout
• Consistency in language
• Search function
• Descriptive links
• Navigation
• Color contrast ratio
• Input error alternatives
• Documents should meet all standards