Federal Agency Websites. Built to the standard named in the solicitation.

Federal work has a higher documentation bar than most public-sector projects: the accessibility standard is named explicitly, the design system may be specified, and evaluators expect evidence rather than assurances. We build to whatever the solicitation names and show our work.

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The difference

Federal is not just bigger state work

Three things change. Accessibility is named as Section 508 rather than left general, so conformance has to be demonstrable against specific success criteria. A design system may be mandated, most often the U.S. Web Design System. And the evaluation is documentary — proposals are scored on written evidence, not on a conversation.

Plain language is also a statutory expectation for federal public-facing content rather than a style preference. That changes how content is written and reviewed, and it is one of the few areas where the legal requirement and the usability best practice point in exactly the same direction.

The build

What federal work requires

Section 508 conformance, verified with automated and manual testing
USWDS alignment where the solicitation requires it
Plain-language content structure, reviewed rather than assumed
Documentation an evaluator can score — what was tested, how, and what the result was
Migration that preserves the public record, including archived notices and datasets
Security and hosting arrangements that match the sensitivity of the content
Written handover so the agency or the next contractor is not dependent on us

Registrations

We confirm before we claim

Federal and prime-contractor procurements involve registrations, portals and representations that change over time. Rather than publishing a list here that may be out of date when you read it, tell us what your process requires and we will confirm our current status before bidding.

If we are not eligible for a particular vehicle, we will say so immediately rather than after you have spent evaluation time on us. Where a subcontract or teaming arrangement is the sensible route, we will tell you that too.

Questions

Federal questions

Do you build to USWDS?
Where the solicitation requires it, yes. It is a public, documented pattern library with accessibility built into its components. If it is not required, we will still borrow its accessibility patterns where they are the sensible answer.
Can you produce a VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Report?
Tell us at solicitation stage and we will scope it as a deliverable, so the testing that produces it is planned into the project rather than reconstructed at the end.
Do you work as a subcontractor to a prime?
Yes, and for some vehicles it is the more sensible route. Tell us the arrangement you have in mind and we will be direct about fit.
What about state agencies?
Many states have their own accessibility statutes and design systems modelled on the federal ones — see state agency website design.

Project Managers who will work with you on your project!

David Geder
David Geder
Irina Shvaya
Irina Shvaya
Benjamin Gunther
Benjamin Gunther
Jeanette Mordvinov
Jeanette Mordvinov
Mark Shvaya
Mark Shvaya

Bidding or issuing a federal solicitation?

Send it over. We will tell you within two business days whether we are bidding, and confirm any registration requirements before we do.

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