Accessibility Risk Assessment | Accessibility Conformance Engine (ACE)

Accessibility Conformance Engine

Accessibility Risk Assessment

Lifecycle-based accessibility governance and risk intelligence that drives confident procurement, acceptance, and portfolio decisions.

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Lifecycle-based accessibility governance and risk intelligence that drives confident procurement, acceptance, and portfolio decisions.

Available to authorized users with an active site license

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Assess Risk Across the ICT Lifecycle

Stage 1

Pre-Award

Evaluate vendors and proposed solutions before award.

Stage 2

Before Acceptance

Assess go-live readiness and accessibility risk before deployment.

STAGE 3

After Major Releases

Identify regression and change risk after major releases.

STAGE 4

Renewal / Option

Review ongoing compliance and performance.

STAGE 5

Portfolio Review

Prioritize enterprise-wide oversight and investment.

Best Practices and Legal Alignment

Start with the ICT lifecycle stage to apply the right decision context

Combine accessibility evaluation insights with mission impact, usage, and validation evidence

Treat missing or outdated vendor documentation as a risk signal

Use structured scoring, confidence, and recommended actions to guide escalation

Reassess risk at pre-award, pre-go-live, post-release, renewal, and portfolio review stages

Business Case and Solution Value

Turns insights into decisions

Converts evaluation outputs into risk scores, recommendations, and audit triggers that support procurement, acceptance, and oversight.

Normalizes risk across systems

Standardized questionnaires, weighted scoring, and confidence indicators make accessibility risk easier to compare and defend.

Improves compliance posture

Helps agencies document why they proceeded, escalated, or conditioned acceptance at each stage of the ICT lifecycle.

Built for cross-functional teams

Supports procurement, accessibility, program, legal, and technical stakeholders with a shared framework and common record.

Key Outputs

ARS

Accessibility Risk Score

GRS

Governance Risk Score

ECS

Evidence Confidence Score

VRI

Vendor Risk Indicator

AGRI

Action & Governance Response Indicator

How it Works

Select Organization and Operating Unit

Choose Lifecycle Stage

Define ICT Profile

Select Vendor ACRs

Review Scorecard and Report

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the purpose of the Risk Assessment Report?

The Risk Assessment Report helps users evaluate accessibility-related risk for an ICT requirement, product, vendor, system, or portfolio at a specific lifecycle stage. It consolidates vendor ACR evidence, ICT classification, risk scores, confidence measures, and recommended actions into one auditable decision-support report.

When is a Risk Assessment Report created?

What information does the user provide to start the report?

What happens during the Pre-Award stage?

What happens during post-award lifecycle stages?