Enterprise Buyers and Procurement Teams Require an ACR. We Create and Maintain Them.
If you're selling software, SaaS, or digital services to enterprise clients or government agencies, procurement teams will ask for an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), formerly called a VPAT. Without one, you may be disqualified from contracts before the conversation starts. Bixli creates ACRs that are accurate, credible, and defensible.
What Is an ACR / VPAT?
The Document That Opens Enterprise and Government Doors
An Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) is a standardized document that describes how a digital product conforms to WCAG guidelines and Section 508 requirements. It is completed using the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), published by the IT Industry Council. ACRs are the primary format used by procurement teams to evaluate whether a vendor's digital product meets their accessibility requirements before signing a contract. A credible ACR must be based on actual testing, not self-assessment, and must accurately reflect the product's current conformance level, including known gaps.
Who Needs an ACR
Required for Enterprise and Government Sales
- SaaS vendors selling to enterprise clients with accessibility procurement requirements
- Software companies pursuing U.S. federal, state, or local government contracts (Section 508)
- Digital service providers selling into the EU under the European Accessibility Act
- Companies responding to RFPs that include accessibility compliance as a requirement
- Organizations that need to demonstrate good-faith conformance effort to regulators or legal teams
How Bixli Creates Your ACR
Testing First. Documentation Second.
A credible ACR cannot be written from a checklist or self-assessment. Bixli conducts a WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA audit of your product (automated scanning plus manual expert testing) and documents the actual conformance level for each success criterion. We flag known failures accurately, because an ACR that overstates conformance creates legal exposure rather than reducing it. The result is an ACR you can hand to a procurement team, a legal counsel, or a regulator with confidence.
Documentation with evidence behind it
What credible ACR work depends on
An ACR is only useful when it reflects real testing. The proof is the trail from evaluated criteria to known support levels, documented gaps, and remediation priorities.
Procurement needed documentation the team could defend.
A service team needed to answer accessibility questions for a larger partner, but a broad statement would have overstated what was actually tested. Testing first gave the team a defensible record: what supported the standard, where gaps remained, and which fixes mattered before the next review.
- ACR entries are grounded in testing rather than assumption.
- Known gaps are documented accurately instead of hidden.
- Remediation priorities can be tied to procurement requirements.
- The team has a defensible record to maintain as the product changes.
Book a Consultation to Scope Your ACR
Tell us about your product and who's requesting the ACR. We'll scope the audit and documentation work and give you a clear timeline.