Your organization wants to purchase an IT solution. The vendor sends you their VPAT as an Accessibility Conformance Report. You notice that for some functional performance criteria they have addressed areas that the product creates a barrier to access for people disabilities. However, the vendor has conducted their VPAT review with an outside third-party, and they have detailed how they build accessibility into their product lifecycle, and your internal testing reveals the product is overall fairly accessible.
In addition, you have done market research and found this IT product is the most accessible in its class. The purchasing team is looking to you to help make the decision if it is allowable to proceed with the purchase of the IT product. What would be the most appropriate next step?
Select one of the following: