This time around, the Maryland Transportation Authority won’t dictate to prospective bidders how many hand dryers to install in the bathrooms at the state’s two travel plazas on Interstate 95.

Almost nine months after the agency canceled its first effort to form a public-private partnership to operate replacements for the aging Maryland House and Chesapeake House, it is trying again with a bid solicitation that isn’t quite as persnickety about every last detail.