Cara Wulf focuses her practice on government contracts and regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience assisting clients across the full spectrum of federal, state, and local public procurement challenges. Her practice includes designing and implementing comprehensive corporate compliance programs tailored to the diverse and complex requirements of Government contracting. She counsels companies on how to navigate a variety of domestic preference rules and regulations, including the Buy American Act (BAA), the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), “Buy America” Department of Transportation statutes, and the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. Her work also includes assessing eligibility and compliance with the terms of various programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), addressing issues regarding cost allowability, allocability, and reasonableness, and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and counseling on the intellectual property requirements of the Bayh-Dole Act.
In addition to her counseling and compliance work, Cara also regularly assists clients in drafting and negotiating prime and subcontract terms and conditions, teaming agreements, and joint venture arrangements. She also advises on preparing and negotiating requests for equitable adjustments, managing issues arising under design-build construction contracts – to include addressing differing site conditions – as well as responding to contract terminations and providing strategic responses to contracting officer final decisions (COFDs). Her litigation practice encompasses bid protests, claims, and other disputes before federal agencies, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), courts, and administrative tribunals such as the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA).
Cara is also a thought leader in the area of government contracts. She routinely writes and speaks on a diverse array of topics, including government contracting basics, the domestic preference statutes and regulations, developments in cybersecurity, intellectual property in Government contracting, cost issues, and requests for equitable adjustment and claims.
Prior to joining the firm, Cara spent several years working for multiple U.S. Department of Defense agencies. During her time in government, Cara developed extensive experience advising on contractor compliance with the FAR and DFARS, as well as litigating claims under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) before the ASBCA and the Court of Federal Claims.
