The Defense Department has awarded Deloitte Consulting a contract worth as much as $2.4 billion over five years to bolster the submarine industrial base and improve production to a sustained rate of one Columbia- and two Virginia-class boats per year, according to a Monday notice . The award establishes Deloitte as the Navy’s “ Enterprise Integration Partner (EIP) ,” charged with delivering “systemic, holistic solutions to regional and broader submarine industrial workforce and industrial base challenges,” the announcement states. Working...
