Specifications include, but are not limited to: The GBI requests services and work products to replace the current message switch and procure a new solution that offers improved performance, supports future growth and expansion capabilities and utilizes open architecture providing flexibility for future functionalities. These enhancements will allow criminal justice agencies the advantage of new technological developments and greater flexibility to integrate and access other criminal justice information systems. The proposed solution will act as the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) message switch for Federal and national systems that require connection to a single system within the state. The State of Georgia CJIS Message Switch will allow users to access and manage information in federal and state criminal justice information systems while ensuring the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of criminal records.