Pretty much what you should expect from going 3rd party. 3rd party companies are going to make more money the larger, and more complicated the project. If the

Pretty much what you should expect from going 3rd party. 3rd party companies are going to make more money the larger, and more complicated the project. If there's little chance of return work, then they also make more money the buggier the project. Their incentives are not your incentives.