All IT purchases made or otherwise acquired by the university must be reviewed for accessibility.

Accessibility Reviews

• Purchases over $5,000:
  These purchases must be submitted through the IT Purchase Compliance (ITPC) process, which initiates accessibility and other necessary product reviews.
• Purchases under $5,000 and free-to-use products:
  Accessibility should be considered in the selection process.

If you would like consultation during the selection process, email accessibility@ncsu.edu.

What You Can Do

• You must provide accessibility information about the product you plan to purchase when you submit the ITPC form. Information about a product’s accessibility can be usually found in the:
  • Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
  • WCAG 2.1 compliance document
• Initiate communication with the vendor if accessibility information is not easily located.

Processing Time

• An ITPC request submitted without accessibility information may be delayed, as additional information will be needed in order to perform the review.
• Standard hardware and software used by one or two people usually pass through the process quickly.
• Access levels in the ITPC process are used to identify user populations and help in the accessibility product review process. Because of this, it is very important that user information is filled out accurately.

Help

Email questions to accessibility@ncsu.edu.