With an investment of up to 21.2 million reais, Petrobras launches new opportunities for the outsourcing of innovative solutions, focused on technology and startups. In this cycle, the solution acquisition module selects innovations in the fields of robotics, inspection technologies and digital technologies. Applications are open until the 31st of this month and companies can receive up to 1.6 million reais per proposal for the development and testing of solutions in productive environments.

Since its launch, the Petrobras Connections for Innovation program has already hosted eight different modules: Technology Partnerships, Technology Transfer, Ignition, Technology Orders, Startups, Solution Acquisition, Open Lab and Residents. These last two are unreleased and have been released recently. The modules aim to accelerate innovation by connecting the company to the entire ecosystem, from startups and from universities to enterprises, based on demands mapped internally by corporate and enterprise domains. Petrobras currently has a contractual portfolio of more than 3 billion reais, with more than 150 technology partners, in the different types of contractual and cooperation agreements.

The process includes a pre-assessment by a panel of experts, followed by a technical phase to improve the work plan, the business model and the preparation of the companies to submit proposals to a panel composed of managers and experts from Petrobras.

The first selection of this model was launched in 2021. Of the companies selected by Petrobras, seven have already been contracted, through Public Procurement for Innovative Solutions, an instrument that brings agility to procurement processes and whose rules have been incorporated into the regulations on calls for tenders and contracts. Petrobras.

The contracts will be valid for up to 12 months, renewable for an additional 12 months, for the validation of technological solutions. After the innovation contract, the most efficient solution demonstrating added value for Petrobras’ business can be contracted for a period of two years, renewable for two more, for large-scale supply.

By bringing this new dynamic, the solution acquisition module has replaced the previous one, called solution test. Another novelty is the launch of smaller sets of challenges, periodically, increasing the frequency of interaction with the innovation ecosystem.

Opportunities can be known here.