Air Force: Contractors Abandoned Unfinished Job Three companies have been suspended from federal contracting for failure to perform work that they never should have been eligible for in the first place. The Air Force proposed to debar Iron Bow Technologies, Advanced C4 Solutions Inc. and Superior Communications Solutions Inc., along with two executives, John Wilkerson and Andrew Bennett. They are suspended while the investigation continues, making them ineligible for new contracts. An Air Force memo charges that the companies and executives developed requirements for a major IT project at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Then Advanced C4 submitted a proposal on the project, in violation of conflict-of-interest rules. After Advanced C4 was awarded the task order, Iron Bow and Superior served as subcontractors. The Air Force said the contractors failed to complete the work satisfactorily. “Subjects then left the job site without fulfilling the contract requirements they had improperly set,” says the memo by Deputy General Counsel Steven A. Shaw. “Since that time, Subjects have been unwilling to provide operational manuals or source code data to permit the Air Force to begin to correct Subjects’ work, causing substantial harm to the Air Force.” Shaw said the companies have “a history of failure to perform.” The Air Force says Iron Bow and Superior are affiliates because one company or individual has the power to control both of them. Iron Bow, of Chantilly, VA, received nearly $200 million in contracts in fiscal 2011, according to USASpending.gov. Iron Bow CEO Rene LaVigne told Federal Newsradio the company is working with the government to resolve the charges. Advanced C4 is an 8(a) firm based in Tampa, FL.