San Diego, California · HUBZone Qualified Census Tract

Depth, discipline,
and delivery for federal missions.

Caretta Federal is a woman- and veteran-owned professional services firm led by a PhD physicist and U.S. Navy veteran with four decades across Navy and DoD programs — senior technical depth, enterprise-grade program management, same-day responsiveness.

HUBZone WOSB / EDWOSB VOSB Certifications in process
4 goal lines

One subcontract reports against small business, HUBZone, woman-owned, and veteran-owned categories at once.

10% preference

HUBZone price evaluation preference on eligible full-and-open work.

TS cleared

Active Top Secret clearance at the leadership level.

What we do

Core capabilities

Focused service lines delivered by the people who lead the firm — not a bench of résumés.

01

Acquisition & contract support

Pre- and post-award administration, procurement package preparation, market research, acquisition planning documentation, and closeout support.

02

Program & project management

Program analysis, schedule and milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and meeting and action-item management.

03

Technical & engineering support

PhD-level scientific and engineering SME services, test and evaluation support, technical analysis and documentation, and technical training development.

04

Administrative & business process services

Executive support, records and correspondence management, data quality review, and training and event coordination.

05

Business development advisory

Capture support, capability briefings, partner and alliance program development, and federal market-entry consulting for small businesses entering the government market.

Four decades of listening.
A firm built to answer the same day.
For prime contractors & contracting officers

Why teams work with Caretta

4-in-1 credit

One subcontract, four subcontracting-plan categories. Small business, HUBZone, woman-owned, and veteran-owned goals — reported simultaneously.

Hours, not weeks

Two principals, zero layers. Same-day responses and direct access to the people who decide.

Day-one compliance

Built for federal work from the first hour — timekeeping by contract, segregated costs, clean invoicing.

Who we are

Leadership

Patricia Giardina, PhD

President & Chief Executive Officer

Physicist and U.S. Navy veteran with nearly four decades in underwater acoustics and hydrography, spanning enlisted service, government civilian service, and senior scientific roles with several of the nation’s leading defense primes, supporting programs for ONR, DARPA, and NAVSEA. IHO Category A Certified Hydrographer with deep program experience at NAVO (Stennis Space Center) and DoD Panama City Beach.

Active Top Secret clearance

Jodi Stiede

VP, Business Development

Fifteen years of enterprise sales and program leadership across financial services and infrastructure technology. Built a nationwide partner program for a major U.S. bank subsidiary from launch to $500M+ in annual volume, recruiting, onboarding, and managing partner organizations ranging from small business to enterprise scale. Leads Caretta’s capture, teaming, proposals, and client delivery with a same-day-response standard.

Project Manager · Senior Program Analyst
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Company data

Legal nameCaretta Federal, LLC
StructureCalifornia LLC
Principal officeLa Mesa, CA (HUBZone QCT)
UEI / CAGESAM registration in process
CertificationsApplications in process
AcceptsSubcontracts · teaming · prime
  • 541611 Administrative & general management consulting
  • 541990 Professional, scientific & technical services
  • 561110 Office administrative services
  • 541614 Process & logistics consulting
  • 541330 Engineering services
  • 541715 Physical sciences R&D
Contact

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Subcontracting goals that are hard to place, a requirement that fits our capabilities, or a teaming opportunity — we respond the same day.