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SCP-1697 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-1697
Expected annual
$938K
One-time setup
$470K
Annual recurring
$894K
Personnel
8
One-time setup and containment fit-out (~$470k) plus contingency; recurring costs dominated by security and medical staffing (~$894.5k/yr) with research and monitoring as the other major driver.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $470K
Facilities $255K
[#1, #2] Containment cell build-out ($200,000) and HVAC/humidity control installation ($55,000 midpoint). Includes construction, security locking, climate-control installation and redundancy/UPS.
Equipment $110K
[#4, #5, #10, #11, #17] CCTV installation ($11,500), medical capital equipment ($50,000), rehabilitation equipment one-time purchase ($25,000), prosthetic skull-cap initial fabrication ($5,500), transport/vehicle mods and secure transfer equipment ($17,500).
Emergency Contingency Reserve $100K
[#14] Liquid contingency/surgical reserve fund set aside for unexpected surgical interventions or emergency procedures.
Training Program Initial $6K
[#16] Initial PPE and biosafety training program development/initial training costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $894K/yr
Staff Wages $580K/yr
[#7, #8] Security staffing (6 FTE guards ≈ $330,000/yr) and medical staffing (physician 0.5 FTE, RN 1.0 FTE, physiotherapist 0.5 FTE ≈ $250,000/yr). Includes benefits/training.
Research And Monitoring $206K/yr
[#9, #13] Routine clinical testing and imaging ($6,000/yr) plus laboratory research budget including research scientist FTE and consumables/contract services ($200,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $30K/yr
[#18] Proportionate facility rent allocation, clearance administration, records, and HR overhead ($30,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr
[#19] Legal/compliance, cover-story, PR, and occasional counsel/records handling ($25,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr
[#6, #12, #16, #15, #10, #11] Routine medical consumables and topical supplies ($8,000), pharmaceuticals ($5,000), recurring PPE replacement ($4,500), medical waste disposal ($2,500), rehab small maintenance ($1,500), prosthetic cap amortized replacement ($1,000).
Facilities Maintenance $16K/yr
[#2, #3] Recurring HVAC/energy and cell utilities/humidification maintenance and power ($10,000 HVAC energy midpoint + $6,000 utilities = $16,000/yr).
Ethics And Psych Services $10K/yr
[#20] Ethics board/advisory and psychological services/enrichment for staff and subject ($10,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#17] Recurring vehicle maintenance/fuel and readiness for secure transfers ($2,750/yr midpoint).
Monitoring And Data Storage $2K/yr
[#4] CCTV secure storage and monitoring maintenance/recurring costs (~$2,250/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $894K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no major incidents or research scale-ups.
routine_operations no_emergency_interventions limited_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Unexpected medical complication requiring emergency surgery and short-term elevated care.
acute_tissue_breakdown emergency_surgery complication_requiring_specialist_surgeons
🚨 Research Scale Up $1.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Decision to pursue intensive research into anomalous physiology, requiring additional personnel, contract services, and equipment.
major_research_project large_contract_services (mass-spec, sequencing) temporary_hiring/expanded_trials
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] Two guards per shift across three shifts for continuous coverage (6 FTE).
Physician (part-time) 0.5 [#8] Physician on-call/0.5 FTE as described in medical staffing estimate.
Registered Nurse 1 [#8] RN full/part-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) for regular care and supervised sessions.
Physiotherapist 0.5 [#8] PT 0.5 FTE to support supervised exercise twice weekly.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst provided line-item estimates and midpoints for all major costs; object is Safe and operational requirements are concrete (security, medical, HVAC), so estimates are well-constrained.
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