DFARS 252.225-7055.pdf

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

The provision requires offerors to represent that they either: (1) do not have any business operations with the Maduro regime or the Venezuelan government not recognized as legitimate, or (2) possess a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. This representation is part of compliance with section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, aimed at restricting business interactions with unrecognized Venezuelan government authorities.