[Athen] benefits of accessible purchasing language

[Nast, Joseph M]

FYI UC Berkeley has implemented institutional accessible purchasing guidelines. If you're attending this year's CSUN conference, I believe Lucia Greco will be presenting on the subject.

http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/226

The NCDAE has an excellent resource for this topic:

http://ncdae.org/resources/articles/procurement.php

Hope that helps!

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A.
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 7:58 AM
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Subject: [Athen] benefits of accessible purchasing language

Hi,

An upper level administrator has posed this question to me.

For those universities who have included accessible purchasing language in contracts and RFPs, what benefit(s) did they see?

I believe the administrator is looking for a measurable benefit as opposed to "it's the right thing to do". Do you have suggestions for how I might respond? Thanks.

Dean

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