Sure they can give you a quote, it just won't be a very accurate one. There are entire schools of software development - lean, agile, etc - based on the idea th

Sure they can give you a quote, it just won't be a very accurate one. There are entire schools of software development - lean, agile, etc - based on the idea that you simply cannot hand someone a spec upfront and expect them to provide you with all the time and costs figured out.