[RESOURCE IDEA] Accessible Procurement

[AndrewArch]

Topic proposal: Accessible Procurement

The topic of creating a resource for accessible procurement has been discussed in EOWG but was never prioritized. The topic remains one that is often discussed and there seems to be a need for a single source of truth.
[edits above this line from @brianelton]

As discussed at meeting on 20 July 2024. Some existing vendor neutral resources were mentioned:

• Disability:IN - Accessible Technology Procurement Toolkit
• CAUDIT - A guide to procuring accessible ICT for Higher Education
• GSA - Building Accessibility into Your Procurement Process

[mgifford]

• USA GSA's OpenACR & Editor 
• PEAT Works

It's old, but I was also collecting resources here:
https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-contracting

[MarisolVillenaSalerno]

Hello. Adding the resource from Seciton 508 here. Accessible procurement from Section 508 I am very new here and happy to contribute in this area. I will not be able to join the call on Aug 14th and still looking for knowing how to decline. I will be on Aug 27th.

[shawna-slh]

When there are high-quality vendor-neutral resources already available, I think it's important for W3C groups to avoid "recreating the wheel", and thoughtfully create complimentary resources where useful, rather than competing resources.

Jade has mentioned that she's not sure a specific situation is covered in existing resources. One idea is:

• start with cataloguing what's in existing vendor-neutral resources
• see what's missing
• create just the missing bit, and point to other resources for good stuff that's already there

[shawna-slh]

create just the missing bit

or maybe best to encourage the other resources to add the missing bit to their resources?

[brianelton]

Jaunita had a really good presentation at the a11yTO Conference last week on Vendor management that includes some good info that could be included in this resource. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UxWupjK169YFiXgtkL6_sEkSV6SUqHqw/view
(She said during her presentation that anyone could use these slides however they like)