DFARS 252.225-7055.pdf

This document is a DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) provision (252.225-7055) 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 key requirements include: (1) Offerors must represent that they do not have any business operations with the Maduro regime or the Venezuelan government not recognized by the U.S. Government, and (2) Offerors must either have no such business operations or possess a valid license to operate in Venezuela 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 aims to restrict contracting with unauthorized Venezuelan government entities.