Accessibility Gatekeeper

Are you planning on building a website, web application or mobile app?

You know it should be accessible and you state this in your tender documentation. You receive a batch of proposals for the project, but which one do you choose?

Do they really have the required accessibility skills and experience to win your business?

Selecting a Vendor

Too often we see organisations with the best of intentions accept inaccessible products because their chosen supplier is unable to deliver what they’ve promised. Fixing their work can be a lengthy and expensive exercise.

Full Project Lifecycle

Enter your me2 Gatekeeper. Skilled in digital project management and accessibility requirements, your Gatekeeper will help you clarify your needs, choose a proficient supplier and assess their deliverables.

Our Accessibility Gatekeeper service is flexible and we can customise it around your organisation's specific requirements and budget.

The following are a sample of the activities we offer, you can select all of them or cherry pick which ones suit your needs:

Pre-Tender Phase

• Requirements gathering
• Identifying legal & Government obligations
• Creating an accessibility strategy/plan
• Setting of accessibility testing specification
• Creating an assistive technology support baseline (e.g. what version of JAWS to support)

Tender Phase

• Aid in tender creation
• Assessing tender responses and helping with vendor selection
• Reviewing tenders’ sample websites or technology for accessibility

Project Build Phase

• Communicating with the vendor, and the project team, accessibility obligations and requirements e.g.
  • test stack
  • assistive technology support baseline
• Assist with integrating accessibility into the development life-cycle
• Accessibility assessment, or arrange assessment, of e.g. design concepts, HTML templates or website.
• Track accessibility deliverables & milestones
• Provide advice and consulting
• Other e.g. risk assessment of non-compliance