§15–221.1.

    (a)    The Board of Contract Appeals may award a prospective bidder or offeror, a bidder, or an offeror the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, not including attorney’s fees, if:

        (1)    the prospective bidder or offeror, bidder, or offeror appeals the final action of an agency on a protest;

        (2)    the Board of Contract Appeals sustains the appeal; and

        (3)    the Board of Contract Appeals finds that there has been a violation of law or regulation.

    (b)    The Board of Contract Appeals shall adopt regulations to implement this section and to determine what constitutes reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest.