Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this Invitation to Bid is to establish a contract for DOC Ethernet 2018 for an initial period of thirty-six (36) months with two (2) additional twenty-four (24) month renewal options. By Statute (La. R.S. 39:141) the State of Louisiana, Office of Technology Services (OTS) shall act as the sole centralized customer for the acquisition, billing and record keeping of all telecommunications systems or telecommunications services provided to the Executive Branch of Louisiana State government which includes all executive departments, certain elected officials, boards and commissions. (http://www.doa.la.gov/pages/default.aspx). As such, OTS is soliciting bid responses to provide Ethernet circuits for 10, 20, 50, and 100Mbps for the Department of Corrections (DOC) to interconnect remote offices and OTS’s POPs. The State intends to connect one, two, three, or four remote sites to OTS’s host sites: in Lafayette and/or Shreveport. (Addresses for host sites and remote sites are in Section 3.2).