📋 Tender Overview
This Thursday (21) began the phase of foundation and installation of pillars of Orion, laboratory complex for advanced research in pathogens, which will include infrastructure of Biological Containment (NB4) unpublished in Latin America, on the Campus of the National Center for Energy and Materials Research (CNPEM), unit linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). Orion represents a milestone for the science of Brazil. We are talking about a maximum biological containment laboratory (NB4), which will put the country on a leading level, being the first in the world connected to a source of synchrotron light, Sirius. The project, located in Campinas-SP, will bring together analytical techniques and advanced bioimaging skills, which will be open to the scientific community and public agencies. By enabling the advancement of knowledge about Pathogens and related diseases, Orion will subsidize surveillance and health policy actions, as well as the development of diagnostic methods, vaccines, treatments and epidemiological strategies. Instrument for supporting national sovereignty in facing sanitary crises, Orion has the potential to benefit various areas, such as health, science and technology, defense and environment. The execution of the Orion project is the responsibility of CNPEM. The project is part of the new Federal Governments new Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), is funded with funds from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT) and supported by the Ministry of Health (MS). This work shows how investments in science and technology are being treated as a priority by President Lulas government. This initiative is a concrete example of how PAC transforms resources into strategic works, capable of impacting peoples lives, said Minister Luciana Santos. The initiative is also part of New Industry Brazil (NIB), an industrial policy of the federal government, acting as an instrument of sovereignty, competence and national safety, defense, defense, defense, defense Human, animal and environmental. The conception of Orion must also strengthen the economic-industrial complex of health (CEIS), initiative coordinated by MS, aimed at meeting priority demands of the Unified Health System (SUS). Preparatory to the beginning of the stake, the necessary tests were performed by the teams involved in the construction of the laboratory complex. Before the foundations, the works in the Orion ground went through an essential phase of excavations and earthmoving, which began in May 2024, with the removal of approximately 40,000 m3 of soil to reach the necessary depth of the future underground of the infrastructure, detained the deputy director of infrastructure of the infrastructure of the infrastructure CNPEM, Sergio Marques. This preparatory stage, in addition to ensuring the proper structural conditions, creates the base for the subsequent construction of strategic areas, such as deposits, loading systems, electrical and IT installations, inventory and boilers for the efluents heat treatment. ORION.For CNPEM Director General Antonio Jose Roque, the beginning of the foundations marks the transition from the stages of excavation and land preparation to the structural phase of Orion. This effort allowed us to advance to foundations with a much more mature and optimized project, ensuring that execution occurs more efficiently. It is a remarkable moment that continues the transformation started with the excavations and leads us to advance to the structural phase of Orion, said the manager. The forecast is that the foundations stage will be completed by the end of this year. From the beginning of 2026, the assembly of the structure and the coverage system will begin the start of building the visible part of the building.
