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.

This RFQ is being conducted in cooperation with the City and County and is intended to promote transparency, open competition, and qualifications-based selection. This website will serve as the official repository for all information related to the procurement.

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 to cmarrfq@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.