Section 508 isn't a checkbox you add after the site is built
A federal contractor's own web presence is subject to the same accessibility law its deliverables are — and retrofitting a finished site for Section 508 compliance is slower and more expensive than building to the standard from the first wireframe.
What's different here
Most agencies treat accessibility as a final-pass audit: build the site, then run an automated scanner, then patch whatever it flags. For a government contractor, that order of operations is backwards in a way that matters — Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to federal agencies and, by extension, the contractors building deliverables for them, and a contractor's own corporate website is frequently the first thing a contracting officer or capture team actually opens. A site that fails basic WCAG checks — poor keyboard navigation, missing alt text, insufficient color contrast — sends a specific, credibility-damaging signal to exactly the audience least likely to overlook it. Building to the standard from the start, rather than patching afterward, is both cheaper and avoids that exposure entirely.
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What web development looks like for federal, state and local government contractors.
These are the plays that wouldn't appear on a generic web development page — they only make sense in government contractors (govcon).
WCAG 2.1 AA compliance built into the component library, not patched on top
Keyboard navigation, focus states, semantic heading structure, and color contrast ratios are decided at the design-system stage, not fixed page-by-page after a scanner flags them — which is slower, more expensive, and more likely to miss issues an automated tool can't catch.
Manual testing alongside automated scanning
Automated accessibility scanners catch perhaps a third of real WCAG issues — screen-reader navigation, logical tab order, and meaningful alt text on complex content need an actual manual pass, which is standard practice here rather than an upsell.
Capability-statement and past-performance pages built as accessible HTML, not scanned PDFs
A capability statement embedded as an image-based PDF is both unreadable to a screen reader and invisible to search — building it as structured, accessible HTML solves the compliance problem and the findability problem with the same page.
A documented VPAT-ready accessibility conformance report
Federal buyers increasingly request a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template or equivalent conformance statement — having genuine, tested documentation ready, rather than scrambling to produce one on request, is a real differentiator during vendor evaluation.
What holds federal, state and local government contractors back
The buyer isn't a typical prospect — it's a capture team
A prime's capture lead or a contracting officer doing market research searches by NAICS code, set-aside status, contract vehicle, and agency-specific language — not by generic service category. Most contractor websites aren't built around that vocabulary at all, which means they simply don't appear in the search that matters.
The capability statement is a PDF nobody can find
The single document a teaming partner most needs to evaluate a contractor is usually static, emailed on request, and invisible to search — meaning it only helps once someone already has the company's name, which defeats its purpose as a discovery tool.
The real opportunity window closes before the RFP posts
Sources-sought notices and market-research requests are where teaming relationships actually form. By the time a formal solicitation is public, the shortlist is frequently already set — and most marketing spend is aimed entirely at the post-solicitation phase.
Past performance is hard to verify fast
A capture team evaluating a potential teaming partner needs to confirm credibility quickly — contract scope, outcome, a real point of contact. When that's buried in prose rather than structured for fast verification, it costs a contractor inclusion in bids where speed of evaluation is part of the decision.
Same rigor, applied here.
The full web development scope and process are identical whoever the client is — what changes for government contractors (govcon) is the tactics above, not the delivery model.
What's included
How it runs
- 01Teardown & strategy — Week 1
- 02Wireframe & copy — Week 1–2
- 03Design system & UI — Week 2–3
- 04Build & integrate — Week 3–5
- 05Launch & optimize — Week 6+
Government Contractors (GovCon) results, in detail.
Full case studies with the numbers, the mistakes, and the recommendations clients didn't want to hear.
Scoped like the core service, no surcharge.
Every engagement is quoted from your actual brief. There's no vertical surcharge for this combination — request a quote and we'll scope it properly.
Launch
Startups and small teams needing a credible, fast site quickly.
Scoped to your brief
- Up to 8 pages
- Custom design system
- Next.js + CMS
- Technical SEO setup
- GA4 + conversion tracking
- 30-day support
Growth
Companies where the website is the primary revenue channel.
Scoped to your brief
- Up to 25 pages
- Full conversion strategy + copywriting
- Custom animation & motion design
- Headless CMS with page builder
- CRM + marketing automation integration
- A/B testing infrastructure
- 90-day optimization retainer
- Programmatic SEO templates
Enterprise
Multi-region, multi-brand, or complex commerce platforms.
Scoped to your brief
- Unlimited pages & locales
- Multi-language / multi-region
- Design system documentation site
- Custom integrations & APIs
- Dedicated squad + Slack channel
- SLA-backed support
- Quarterly CRO roadmap
All engagements start with a free audit. Prices exclude media spend, which you pay directly to the platforms on accounts you own.
Government Contractors (GovCon) questions, answered straight.
An automated scan catches a real but limited slice of WCAG issues — things like missing alt attributes or contrast ratios below a threshold — and misses problems a scanner structurally can't detect, like whether keyboard-only navigation actually reaches every interactive element in a sensible order, or whether a screen reader announces content in a way that makes sense. A passing automated scan is a reasonable starting signal, not proof of genuine compliance.
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A federal contractor's own web presence is subject to the same accessibility law its deliverables are — and retrofitting a finished site for Section 508 compliance is slower and more expensive than building to the standard from the first wireframe.
Our commitment: If your new site doesn't beat your old site's conversion rate within 90 days, we keep optimizing free until it does.