Issac D. Schabes
Overview
Issac D. Schabes assists government contractors, big and small businesses alike, in a wide range of government contracts litigation and counseling matters. Issac is particularly adept at helping contractors protect their interests in bid protest proceedings at the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal procuring agencies, and state and local contracting agencies. Drawing on his prior law clerk experience at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Issac understands the complex and strategic decision-making that fuels a successful protest or defense of a government contract.
Career & Education
- Maryland
Law Clerk, Honorable Robert N. McDonald, Supreme Court of Maryland, 2019–2020 - U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Law Clerk, Honorable Matthew H. Solomson, 2020–2021
- Maryland
- Ner Israel College, B.A., 2009
- University of Maryland Carey School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- Vice Chair, ABA PCLS Bid Protest Committe
- Member, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council
Issac's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.11.24
For the first time in nearly a decade, GAO in Knudsen Systems, Inc. sustained a protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses. The decision involves the so-called “Rule of Two”: under FAR 19.502-2(b), agencies must set aside for small businesses a procurement with an anticipated dollar value of more than $150,000 where the agency’s market research demonstrates there is a reasonable expectation at least two responsible small business offerors can meet the agency’s requirements at a fair market price.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.14.24
Bid Protests: GAO Reminds Would-Be Protesters – Timing Is Everything
Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.26.24
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.24.24
Representative Matters
- Successfully protested Air Force’s award of $300 million contract for adversarial training services by obtaining agency corrective action and won recommendation for reimbursement of protest costs.
- Successfully protested U.S. Secret Service award of $18 million contract for cellular communications services and equipment.
- Successfully defended against protest challenging Administrative Office of the U.S. Court’s multiple award contract with total estimated value of $1.5 billion.
- Successfully defended against protest challenging Department of Defense award of $240 million contract for the TRI-GSM program.
- Successfully protested GSA’s award of a $678 million contract for systems engineering and integration services by obtaining agency corrective action.
Issac's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.11.24
For the first time in nearly a decade, GAO in Knudsen Systems, Inc. sustained a protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses. The decision involves the so-called “Rule of Two”: under FAR 19.502-2(b), agencies must set aside for small businesses a procurement with an anticipated dollar value of more than $150,000 where the agency’s market research demonstrates there is a reasonable expectation at least two responsible small business offerors can meet the agency’s requirements at a fair market price.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.14.24
Bid Protests: GAO Reminds Would-Be Protesters – Timing Is Everything
Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.26.24
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.24.24
Insights
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July, 2023
Thomson Reuters - The Nash & Cibinic Report
Voluntary Stay Strategies and Considerations: Bid Protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office,
|03.12.21
ABA Federal Procurement Institute
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03.11.22
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Issac's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.11.24
For the first time in nearly a decade, GAO in Knudsen Systems, Inc. sustained a protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses. The decision involves the so-called “Rule of Two”: under FAR 19.502-2(b), agencies must set aside for small businesses a procurement with an anticipated dollar value of more than $150,000 where the agency’s market research demonstrates there is a reasonable expectation at least two responsible small business offerors can meet the agency’s requirements at a fair market price.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.14.24
Bid Protests: GAO Reminds Would-Be Protesters – Timing Is Everything
Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.26.24
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.24.24
