Big4
My knowledge of the Big4 in general is as follows:
- They have some smart people and some not so smart people
- Whether smart or not, most are quite overpaid, and more importantly, vastly overcharged in relation to actual experience
- Their insane bills mean they can often throw vast resources at some things that others can’t
- You might get a speed advantage as a result
- You’ll likely get terrible value for money
- The quality has a high chance of being lower than if you just employed real specialists in whatever field it is you want them to do
- So, as another poster says, you’ll probably rack up huge cost on middle management / project cost and pay peanuts / get monkeys delivering the actual product if outsourced. If not outsourced then the man hours at their rates will likely be far too low compared to what a specialist company would have used
So chances are this is another example of winning work due to their aura, connections, or weighty proposals/promises.