Contracts for the provision of state in relation to COVID-19 in Colombia LOS CONTRATOS DE PRESTACIÓN DE SERVICIOS ESTATALES EN EL MARCO DEL COVID-19 EN COLOMBIA/ Contracts for the provision of state in relation to COVID-19 in Colombia

ABSTRACT Profession service provision contracts are a form of direct public procurement that can only be suspended by force majeure, fortuitous event or public interest In this sense, being the COVID-19 a pandemic that has the qualities to be considered an event of force majeure, the content of Legislative Decree No 491 of 2020 was interpreted, through which it was decided on the suspension of the contracts for the provision of state services, finding that it complies with article 95 contained in the Political Charter of 1991, which refers to the principle of solidarity, which merits its application to ward off the public health crisis due to the Coronavirus in light of fundamental, economic and social rights, such as life, human dignity, the vital minimum, health and work