Sam Knowles

Representative Matters

• Represented a prime contractor technology and telecommunications company in a dispute with a subcontractor related to a contract with a large county government to provide telephone services to the penitentiary system. The matter was favorably settled and involved litigation in state court, alternative dispute resolution, and a bid protest of the follow-on County contract. 
• Represented a healthcare workforce solutions provider in successfully protesting a $1B U.S. Customs and Border Protection award decision at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.  The CBP took corrective action after the protest was filed and the protester’s incumbent contract was extended.   
• Successfully protested a US$340-million procurement for disability examination services by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  The VA took corrective action by re-evaluating proposals and making a new award determination, which included awarding the contract to our client. The protest directly resulted in the company receiving a contract valued at over $300 million.
• Advised a consortium of energy and utility companies related to a competitive award to privatize a local government utility. The matter involved guidance and counselling related to the administration and procurement rules for billions of dollars of federal grant funds. 
• Represented a Fortune 100 technology company in its strategic acquisition of a privately held technology and solutions company.  
• Represented a European aerospace and defense company in a GAO bid protest. The matter involved several rounds of protests as both the intervenor and protester and ultimately resulted in the company receiving an award from the Air Force and successfully recovering a portion of its legal fees.  

• The Impact of Escobar and the Procurement Collusion Strike Force on Procurement-Related False Claims Act Settlements, 01 May 2022
• Increased contractor discretion in COVID-19 Executive Order 14042, 8 November 2021
• President Biden announces new vaccination requirements – what private employers and federal contractors need to know, 14 September 2021
• New minimum wage requirements for federal contractors: Key takeaways, 03 May 2021

• Legal issues and trends impacting the aerospace and defense industry, 30 November 2022
• Speaker, ''History and Recent Trends in Commercial Item Contracting,'' US Department of the Navy, Office of General Counsel Symposium, May 25, 2016
• Co-Presenter, "Debriefings in Federal Procurement: Key Issues and Strategies," L2 Federal Resources, LLC Webinar – Washington, DC (January 31, 2013)
• Co-Presenter, "The Five W's of Bid Protests," L2 Federal Resources, LLC Webinar – Washington, DC (September 20, 2012)
• Conference Presenter, "Implicaciones del Tratado de Libre Comercio Entre EE.UU y Colombia: Como hacer negocios con el Gobierno de EE.UU cuando no se es una empresa estadounidense" (Implications of the Free Trade Agreement Between the US and Colombia: How to do business with the US Government when you are not a US company), Medellin, Colombia (May 30, 2012), Bogota, Colombia (May 31, 2012)