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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This DFARS provision requires an offeror to represent, when submitting its offer, whether it has business operations with an authority of the Maduro regime or a Venezuelan government not recognized as legitimate by the U.S. Government. DoD is prohibited from contracting with persons having such business operations unless they hold a valid OFAC license to operate in Venezuela. This matters because a contractor must confirm its status through its offer, and an inaccurate representation could affect contract eligibility.

Applies to: Offerors submitting offers on DoD solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • By submitting its offer, represent either that it has no business operations with an authority of the Maduro regime or an unrecognized Venezuelan government, or that it has a valid OFAC license to operate in Venezuela

Key terms: business operations · government of Venezuela · agency or instrumentality of the government of Venezuela · person · Office of Foreign Assets Control

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 225.7020-5(a), use the following provision:

Representation Regarding Business Operations With the Maduro Regime (MAY 2022)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Agency or instrumentality of the government of Venezuela, business operations, government of Venezuela, and person have the meaning given in the clause 252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime, of this solicitation.

(b) Prohibition. In accordance with section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116-92), DoD is prohibited from entering into a contract for the procurement of products or services with any person that has business operations with an authority of the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the U.S. Government, unless the person has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that the Offeror is a person that—

(1) Does not have any business operations with an authority of the Maduro regime or the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the U.S. Government; or

(2) Has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 225.7020-5 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 225.7020-5 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

← 252.225-7054 Prohibition on Use of Certain Energy Sourced from Inside the Russian Federation. · 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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