S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc. v. United States

981 F.2d 1073 38 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 76,465 S.J. AMOROSO CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States General Services Administration; and Richard G. Austin, Administrator, General Services Administration (Region 9, San Francisco), Defendants- Appellees. No. 92-16419. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1992. Decided Dec. 15, 1992. Andrew R. Wiener, Haas & Najarian, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. George Chris Stoll, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: SNEED, ALARCON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 S.J. Amoroso appeals the district court's summary judgment for the General Services Administration (GSA) concerning its rejection of Amoroso's bid for the partial renovation of a federal building. In both the action below and this appeal, Amoroso challenged as arbitrary and capricious Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.203-8, which requires the submission of a Certificate of Procurement Integrity (CPI) with the sealed…