Awardee Clearly Failed to Provide Documents Showing it Owned Vessels Proposed for Performance; GAO B-416033.2, Vane Line Bunkering Inc.—Costs

Request that GAO recommend reimbursement of reasonable protest costs is granted in part, where the agency delayed taking corrective action, even though a reasonable inquiry would have shown the awardee failed to provide documents demonstrating that it owned or had the legal right to use vessels proposed for performance; and denied in part, where the protester’s challenge to the agency’s discussions was not clearly meritorious.