Procurement-ready accessibility documentation
Your buyer asked for a VPAT. AccessAttest produces the audit and the Accessibility Conformance Report that keep the deal moving — fixed scope, fixed price, 10 business days.
Book a 15-minute scope callWCAG 2.1 AA audit · issue log with remediation guidance · ACR on VPAT 2.5 Rev
Who it's for
SaaS vendors selling into US universities and state & local government.
Somewhere in your pipeline, a procurement office has asked — or is about to ask — for a VPAT or ACR. A missing or stale one stalls or jeopardizes the deal: the accessibility review can't finish, and the purchase waits on documentation you don't have. If your product is roughly 25 screens or fewer, this service was scoped for you; larger products get a custom quote after a short call.
How it works
1Scope (15 minutes).
A screen-share walkthrough of your product. We confirm it fits the 25-screen scope (or quote larger), and agree the representative sample using W3C's WCAG-EM methodology.
2Audit (10 business days).
Automated scanning plus manual keyboard and screen-reader testing (NVDA, VoiceOver) against WCAG 2.1 Level AA — every finding verified by a human before it enters the report.
3Deliver.
You receive the audit report, an issue log with severity and remediation guidance for your developers, and a completed ACR on the VPAT 2.5 Rev (April 2025) WCAG edition — plus a walkthrough call to take questions.
The offer
| Deliverables | WCAG 2.1 AA audit report · issue log with remediation guidance · ACR on VPAT 2.5 Rev (April 2025), WCAG edition |
|---|---|
| Scope | Up to 25 screens, WCAG-EM representative sampling |
| Price | $1,500, fixed. Larger products quoted after a 15-minute scope call |
| Turnaround | 10 business days from kickoff (kickoff = access granted and kickoff payment received) |
| Payment | 50/50 (half at kickoff, half at delivery) or milestone-based |
| Retest | One round of re-verification of fixed issues within 30 days of delivery, with one ACR re-issue, included |
| Not included | Remediation implementation · legal advice — findings and documentation only |
About — an honest, founder-led practice
AccessAttest is a solo practice, and says so. One founder scopes your product, runs the testing, writes the report, and answers your questions — the person who signs the ACR is the person who did the testing.
The method is AI-assisted and human-verified: automated tooling handles the first pass and the drudgery; every finding in your report was verified by hand with a keyboard and a screen reader. And one integrity rule governs everything shipped: every report states only what was actually tested — no conformance claim ever implies testing that has not happened. That is what makes an attestation worth attaching to your bid.
Delivery is fully remote, based in Pakistan, with everything documented in writing.
FAQ
Why do universities ask for a VPAT or ACR?
Public universities and state & local agencies carry accessibility obligations under the ADA, and many have procurement policies, modeled on federal Section 508 practice, that require accessibility documentation for ICT purchases. The California State University system, for example, expects suppliers to provide a VPAT for ICT products sold into its campuses. A current ACR is how a vendor answers that review; a missing or stale VPAT stalls or jeopardizes procurement, because the accessibility evaluation can't be completed while competitors with documentation ready keep moving.
What deadlines are driving this?
The US Department of Justice's ADA Title II final rule (April 2024, 89 FR 31320) set WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the technical standard for state and local government web content and mobile apps. Under DOJ's April 2026 interim final rule, public entities with populations of 50,000 or more must comply by April 26, 2027; entities under 50,000 and all special district governments (regardless of population) by April 26, 2028. Public-sector buyers — including public universities — are translating those obligations into procurement requirements now.
What's the difference between a VPAT and an ACR?
The VPAT is the blank template, published by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI); the current version is VPAT 2.5 Rev (April 2025). When the template is completed with actual test results, the finished document is an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR). Buyers often say "VPAT" when they mean the completed ACR. AccessAttest delivers an ACR on the VPAT 2.5 Rev WCAG edition.
Can't we just run an automated scanner?
Run one — it's a useful first pass, and it's part of this service. But automated scanners reliably detect only about 13% of WCAG success criteria (accessible.org's categorization). Keyboard traps, focus order, screen-reader experience, meaningful alternative text — the issues that actually block users and dominate accessibility reviews — require a human at the keyboard. That's why every engagement includes manual keyboard and screen-reader testing, and why scanner-only reports tend to fall short in a real procurement review.
Do you fix the issues? Is this legal advice?
No to both, by design. This is a findings-and-documentation service: the audit, an issue log with concrete remediation guidance for your developers, and the ACR. Your team implements the fixes — with our answers to clarifying questions along the way. Nothing delivered is legal advice or a guarantee of legal compliance; an ACR documents test results.