Accessibility testing to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Contract summary

Industry

• Computer audit and testing services - 72800000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£280,000

Procurement reference

SR557714978

Published date

18 March 2022

Closing date

1 March 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

18 March 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Time and Materials contract
Contract for a supplier to carry out
Accessibility Audits on government
systems. This is in order to be compliance
with Government Service Standards for
Designing Digital Services to meet user
needs
The purpose of the Accessibility
Standards is to ensure that various
technologies, such as magnifiers and onscreen reader and assistive settings work
with government systems/pages. This
includes semi-automated, but mostly
manual testing of individual pages, along a
User Journey.
The supplier must be able to conduct
conformance testing against WCAG 2.1;
Perform assistive technology compatibility
testing; a usability review involving
experienced testers with a range of
disabilities going through our services and
finding accessibility issues.

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More information

Attachments

• 8.9 SD CM Handover Doc Version v13 - zCloud.docx
• Signed contract

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Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2022

Contract start date

18 March 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£280,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY CENTRE LIMITED

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About the buyer

Contact name

Danny Reddy

Address

Customs House Annexe,20 Lower Thames Street
LONDON
SS991AA
England

Telephone

03000 577 395

Email

daniel.reddy@hmrc.gov.uk