PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Rays Baseball Club, LLC d/b/a the Tampa Bay Rays, in cooperation

with the City of Tampa, Florida and Hillsborough County,

Florida, gives public notice of the issuance of a Request for

Qualifications for Construction Manager at Risk services for the

Tampa Bay Rays New Ballpark Project in Tampa, Florida. The

Project is expected to include a new approximately 28,000-seat

enclosed, fixed-roof, climate-controlled ballpark located within a

mixed-use development. The anticipated total project budget for

the Ballpark is approximately $2.3 billion.

The RFQ is being conducted in cooperation with the City and

County and is intended to promote transparency, open competition,

and qualifications-based selection. All RFQ documents,

addenda, questions and answers, submission instructions,

deadlines, and related procurement information will be made

available at the following website:www.raysbaseball.com/

CMARRFQ, which will serve as the official document repository

for this RFQ.

Statements of Qualifications must be submitted to cmarrfq@

raysbaseball.com in the manner and by the deadline stated

in the RFQ. Following review of timely received Statements

of Qualifications, interviews of selected firms and the public

selection meeting will be conducted in accordance with

applicable law and on the schedule set forth in the RFQ or any

subsequently issued notice. Questions must be submitted only

in writing via email tocmarrfq@raysbaseball.com, and no oral

interpretation or unauthorized communication will modify the

RFQ.

Statements of Qualifications may be subject to Chapter 119,

Florida Statutes. Firms should separately identify any trade

secret or statutorily exempt material and provide any redacted

copy required by the RFQ. Responses will be reviewed through

a structured selection process, with input from representatives

of the Rays, the City, and Hillsborough County, and the Rays

reserve the rights stated in the RFQ, including the right to reject

any and all Statements of Qualifications, cancel or modify the

RFQ, and proceed in the best interests of the Project.