The objective of this research is to analyze the settlement of the State Contract for the Provision of Services in Colombia from the precedent precedent. The first part of the investigation develops the theoretical and legal elements on government contracting and the provision of services. To that extent, the Service Provision Contract1 is related from the global and local context, mainly referring to the World Labor Organization, which offers an overview from the political, legal-administrative and labor aspects, as well as establishing some particularities about this. type of contract and its most outstanding qualities. In that order, the research develops in turn the Colombian context, where they review the regulation of the CPS as well as the state contracting connected with the principles and purposes of the State, and that in effect, come to connect the normative development until the present time. . This section assumes, therefore, a chronological approach to the regulatory figures of contracting for the provision of services and its relationship with government procurement, making it possible to understand key issues such as the issue of subordination, autonomy and independence, all with the aim of establishing clearly the differences between contracting for the provision of services and the employment relationship.