SCP-041 — SCP-041 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-041

Expected annual

$1.5M

One-time setup

$616K

Annual recurring

$1.4M

Personnel

One-time setup costs are approximately $616,000 for a hardened clinical containment room, medical equipment, initial research setup and legal retainer; annual recurring operating costs are approximately $1,358,250/yr driven primarily by clinical staffing, sitter/security wages, and an ongoing research program.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $616K

Facilities $300K

[#1] Construction/hardening of secure hospital-bedroom conversion (access control, reinforced door, exclusion markings, observation window, soundproofing, medical hookups, alarms/intercom).

Equipment $135K

[#2, #3] Hospital-grade ventilators (primary + backup) and emergency power (UPS + backup generator) including mounting/installation and clinical power integration.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#14] Specialized research equipment for neurology/neuropsychology studies (EEG/MEG interfaces and related setup).

Legal Retainer One Time $50K

[#17] Initial legal retainer and cover-story setup for secrecy & contingency planning.

Hvac Installation $40K

[#12] HVAC/medical gas integration installation (oxygen, suction, dedicated HVAC for infection control).

Safety Program Development $20K

[#16] Initial development of cognitive/memetic safety program, signage, protocol creation and trainer development.

Monitoring Installation $10K

[#11] Installation of bedside monitors, secure CCTV, wired logging into central station.

Secure Transport $5K

[#18] One-time secure transfer logistics (specialized ambulance, security escort) from external hospital to containment.

Data Security Setup $5K

[#24] One-time secure electronic records/archive setup and encryption.

Sitter Hardware $1K

[#20] Initial TV / streaming hardware for sitter comfort and containment procedures.

Ballpark Reference $0

[#25] Reference to analyst ballpark summary (one-time/setup ≈ $600k–$700k).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr

Staff Wages $700K/yr

[#7, #8, #9, #10] Clinical staffing: 3FTE RNs (~$225,000), 5 FTE sitters (~$175,000), 6 FTE security (~$270,000), physician/neurology oversight (consultant ~ $30,000).

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#14] Ongoing neurology/neuropsychology research program operational costs (PI + 2 technicians/researchers, protocols, IRB overhead, data analysis).

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#17] Annual legal/PR retainers, contingency & secrecy budget for preventing information leakage.

Contingency Fund $100K/yr

[#21] Annual contingency reserve for acute device failure, emergency surgery, or unplanned secure transfer.

Imaging $50K/yr

[#15] Advanced imaging (MRI/fMRI) scanner time purchased for periodic studies.

Administrative Hr $30K/yr

[#23] HR, screening, occupational health, vaccinations and periodic staff screenings.

Ethics Oversight $20K/yr

[#22] IRB/ethics oversight, meetings, audits and compliance costs.

Redundant Maintenance Contracts $15K/yr

[#13] Service contracts and biomedical engineering support for ventilators, monitoring, pacemaker interrogations and emergency repair.

Supplies And Consumables $14K/yr

[#5, #6] Enteral nutrition and NG-tube supplies (~$6,500/yr) plus medical consumables and PPE (~$8,000/yr).

Training And Safety Refresh $10K/yr

[#16] Annual refresher training and memetic-safety program upkeep.

Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr

[#12] HVAC and room maintenance, medical gas maintenance.

Data Security Operations $5K/yr

[#24] Ongoing secure records operations, encrypted archives, logging and forensics readiness.

Pacemaker Amortization $4K/yr

[#4] Amortized pacemaker maintenance/replacement provisioning (~$30,000 every ~8 years → ~$3,750/yr).

Waste Management $4K/yr

[#19] Biohazard disposal, specialized laundering and regular waste handling.

Monitoring Maintenance $1K/yr

[#11] Annual maintenance/support for monitors, CCTV, logging systems.

Sitter Subscriptions $500/yr

[#20] Ongoing subscriptions and replacement/maintenance for sitter entertainment.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady operations, routine maintenance, and no major incidents.

no equipment failures no containment breaches routine research activity

🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$85K vs baseline

Localized equipment failure or medical emergency requiring emergency replacement/repair and overtime.

ventilator failure monitoring/CCTV failure emergency surgical intervention

🚨 Major Breach $6.4M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Containment failure or propagation of SCP-041's broadcast beyond secured area requiring area-level isolation, large-scale mitigation, legal/PR response and relocation costs.

public exposure of memetic broadcast propagation beyond 15m exclusion legal and large-scale containment escalation

👥 Personnel 15 total

Role	Count	Notes
Registered Nurse	3	3 FTE RNs dedicated/on-call for 24/7 ventilator and pacemaker-dependent care [#7].
Class-D Personnel (Sitter)	5	5 FTE sitters to provide continuous presence and meet turnover/sick-leave coverage [#8].
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	6 FTE security to enforce 15 m exclusion and supervise sitters (roving/posted coverage) [#9].
Physician / Consultant (Neurology)	1	Part-time neurologist/intensivist oversight (0.1–0.2 FTE equivalent budgeted; represented here as one consultant) [#10].

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed, line-item estimates for construction, medical devices, staffing and research; medical requirements are well-defined making cost categories and amortizations relatively robust, though regional/market variation could change absolute figures.

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