Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Small Entity Compliance Guide.
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This
Laurie Duarte, FAR Secretariat, (202) 501–4225. For clarification of content, contact Ms. Linda Nelson, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, at (202) 501–1900.
The final rule amends the FAR to implement Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Subsection 508(a)(3) requires the FAR to be revised to incorporate standards developed by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the Access Board). The final rule amends the FAR by—
• Including the definition of the term “electronic and information technology”, a term created by the statute;
• Incorporating the EIT Standards in acquisition planning, market research, and when describing agency needs; and
• Adding a new Subpart 39.2.
The requiring official must identify which standards would apply to the procurement, using the Access Board's EIT Accessibility Standards at 36 CFR part 1194. Then the requiring official must perform market research to determine the availability of compliant products and services; vendor websites and the GSA section 508 website would be helpful here. The requiring official must then identify which standards, if any, would not apply in this procurement because of,
Exception determinations are not required for award of underlying indefinite-quantity contracts, except for requirements that are to be satisfied by initial award. Accordingly, indefinite-quantity contracts may include noncompliant items; however, any task or delivery order issued for noncompliant items must meet an applicable exception.