DFARS 252.225-7055.pdf

This document is a DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) provision titled "Representation 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 that has business operations with an authority of the Venezuelan government not recognized as legitimate by the U.S. Government, unless the entity has a valid license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

The provision requires offerors to represent that they either do not have business operations with the Maduro regime or the Venezuelan government unrecognized by the U.S., or that they possess a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. This representation is part of Section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, establishing compliance requirements for potential contractors in federal solicitations involving Venezuelan governmental entities.