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Here’s an update on a story we have been following. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is taking a step backwards in its effort to modernize the states license plates. The Department had advertised for vendors and their responses were due this past week. But five groups protested the bidding process, and today the Department withdrew its bid. Here’s their explanation from a news release:

“We listened to what everyone had to say, considered questions that vendors posed and received information from our tax collector partners. Based on the input, we have decided to withdraw the Invitation to Negotiate,” said DHSMV Executive Director Julie Jones. “We now have additional information to clarify and narrow the requirements of the ITN and in the near future will replace it with a new procurement.”