DFARS 252.225-7055.pdf

This document is a DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) provision 252.225-7055, specifically addressing representations regarding business operations with the Maduro regime in Venezuela. The provision, dated 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 do not have business operations with the Maduro regime or the Venezuelan government, or if they do, they must 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 section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which aims to restrict contracting with certain Venezuelan government entities or those doing business with them.