Accessibility

Our commitment

We aim to make Fire Bid usable with a keyboard alone, with a screen reader, and at the text sizes and contrast levels people actually need. Accessibility is treated as part of building a feature rather than a later clean-up pass.

What has been done

• The application is built from semantic HTML — real headings, lists, buttons, and form labels — so assistive technology can describe it correctly.
• Interactive controls are reachable and operable with a keyboard, and controls that show only an icon carry a text label for screen readers.
• The interface is responsive and usable at mobile widths, with touch targets sized for use on a phone.
• Information is not conveyed by colour alone — for example, calendar days carry text as well as colour.

What we are not claiming

Fire Bid has not completed a formal WCAG conformance audit, so this page does not claim a conformance level. Stating a level we have not independently evaluated would be misleading to exactly the public agencies most likely to rely on it.

Reporting a barrier

If something in Fire Bid is difficult or impossible for you to use, please tell us — that is the fastest way for it to get fixed. A published contact address is being finalised ahead of launch; in the meantime please report through your department administrator or the Contact page.

Signed-in users can also use the "Report an issue" button inside the app, which captures the page you were on.