Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?

["Localization Question" <localization_question -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

My company localizes its software using a third-party firm. For the most 
part, the service and quality seems excellent. However, there have been a 
few glitches and imperfections. I am wondering if we should be using 
reviewers or editors, who are, of course, fluent in the relevant language, 
to improve the localized documentation. The localization firm does include a 
reviewer.

So, three questions:
1)  Does your company get linguistic experts, or any other sort of expert, 
to review localized materials?
2) Is it reasonable to simply trust the localization firm to be doing a good 
job? My colleagues and I have edited materials and caught the odd error, 
despite a complete lack of fluency.

3) If you do have additional reviewers, how did you get them and what is the 
relationship to your company?

Thanks.

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