DFARS 252.225-7055.pdf

This document is a DFARS provision (252.225-7055) regarding business operations with the Maduro regime, dated May 2022. The provision prohibits the Department of Defense (DoD) from entering into contracts with any person or entity having business operations with an authority of the Venezuelan government not recognized as legitimate by the U.S. Government.

Key requirements include: (1) Offerors must represent that they do not have business operations with the Maduro regime or the unrecognized Venezuelan government, and (2) if they do have such operations, they must possess a valid license issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. This provision stems from section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and applies to procurement of products or services with Venezuelan governmental authorities.