Enclosure (6) to COMDTINST 5230.60A
PROCUREMENT POLICY AND CERTIFICATION APPROVAL MATRIX
1. Requiring officials are responsible for:
a. Identifying which standards apply to their procurement, using the Access Board's EIT
Accessibility Standards at 36 CFR 1194, before the purchase request package is submitted to the
contracting office. The EIT standards can be found at http://www.section508.gov/.
b. Performing the market research to determine the availability of products and services that
conform to the provisions of the standards and seeking assistance from the servicing contract
office during the acquisition-planning phase in order to promote and provide the maximum
compliance with these accessibility standards. The "Buy Accessible" website at
compliant products and services. The Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) at the
Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) website is designed to assist government
personnel in completing market research necessary to ensure that they are buying the most
accessible IT products and services available in order to conform to the provisions of the
standards. The VPAT gives participating vendors the ability to copy the template and complete
it to describe how a particular product or service they offer conforms to Section 508 Access
Board standards.
c. Completing the appropriate "Section 508 Determination and Certification for EIT Purchase
Requests" found in Enclosures (7) through (12) or the Procurement Guidance section of the
"Section 508 Resource Center" website at http://cgweb.comdt.uscg.mil/508/Section508/CG-
Purchase Requests must be signed by the appropriate official as found in the Certification
Approval Matrix, Enclosure (6) and forwarded along with the purchase request to the servicing
contract office.
d. Validating and testing vendor products for conformance to the Section 508 standards.
2. Pending the specific direction of the Office of Senior Procurement Executive, (OSPE), contracting
officers may use the language found at http://www.section508.gov/ in the "FAQs" section requiring
contractor compliance with Section 508 Access Board standards and other technical evaluation
samples to supplement the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-27.
a. Exemptions - As policy, the USCG encourages compliance with the Access Board EIT standards
whenever possible, even when an exemption applies, in order to facilitate accommodation of
disabilities under Section 501 and Section 504. All claims for an exemption to the provisions of
the standards must be documented and included in the procurement file. See Enclosures (7), (9)
through (12). The following exemptions require special attention and justification.
(1) National Security Exemption Policy - See Enclosure (11).
(2) Undue Burden - See Enclosure (12).
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