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SCP-2021 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-2021
Expected annual
$109K
One-time setup
$77K
Annual recurring
$108K
Personnel
1.4
One-time setup and containment hardware are modest (~$77k one-time driven largely by contingency reserves), while recurring annual costs are dominated by allocated staff wages, legal/cover-up budgeting, and contingency/operational maintenance (~$108.45k/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $77K
Coverup Contingency Reserve $50K
[#17] Cover-up / major legal/PR contingency reserve (one-time contingency retained for major incidents as suggested).
Incident Response Reserve $20K
[#18] Incident response & recovery fund reserve (one-time contingency allocation per analyst note).
Equipment $4K
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13] Opaque tamper-evident container, access-control hardware, camera initial hardware, chain-of-custody scanner/hardware, high-resolution scanner/camera, and transport/tamper-evident transfer kit (one-time purchases).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2K
[#9, #15] Small laboratory bench/workspace and initial animal setup/caging (research lab buildout / initial research equipment).
Facilities $1K
[#2] Locked evidence cabinet / small safe purchase and installation.
Baseline Estimate Reference $0
[#25] Reference note: baseline minimal incremental one-time estimate ranges provided by analyst (no additional one-time cost assigned here).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $108K/yr
Staff Wages $83K/yr
[#6, #7, #23] Security personnel allocation (~$50,000/yr), research personnel pro-rated time (~$25,000/yr), and administrative/record clerk portion (~$8,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#17] Routine legal/cover-up/public-relations budget for secrecy and small incidents.
Regulatory And Ethics $5K/yr
[#16] Regulatory/compliance and ethics overhead (IACUC or equivalent oversight if animal work is done).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#10, #11] Climate control / preservation marginal costs and fire suppression / safety maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $2K/yr
[#14] Experiment-specific contingency supplies and occasional destructive testing budget.
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#13] Internal monthly transfers / courier costs for moving sheets between storage and lab.
Training And Protocols $1K/yr
[#20] Staff training, protocol documentation, and annual refreshers.
Hazardous Waste Disposal $1K/yr
[#22] Hazardous/contaminated waste disposal and decontamination (as-needed budgeting).
Pest Control And Housekeeping $600/yr
[#21] Integrated pest management and periodic housekeeping to protect paper instances.
Supplies And Consumables $500/yr
[#8] Gloves, forceps, labels, disinfectant, packaging and handling consumables.
Inventory System Licensing $500/yr
[#5] Recurring server/backup/licensing for chain-of-custody / inventory system.
Digital Storage Backups $500/yr
[#12] Secure archival storage and backups for scanned digital records.
Audit Logging Storage $500/yr
[#19] Data retention, backups, and audit logging storage for access logs and experiment data.
Capital Replacement Reserve $500/yr
[#24] Small capital replacement & depreciation reserve for locks, camera, scanner replacement.
Cctv Storage And Record Retention $150/yr
[#4] CCTV recording storage retention costs (camera hardware cost captured in equipment).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $108K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine access, maintenance, and occasional small experiments; no major incidents.
no incidents routine monitoring scheduled transfers and scans
🚨 Minor Incident $118K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Small accidental loss/exposure, minor legal/PR work, short investigation and replacement/forensics.
accidental loss or small exposure minor public inquiry local forensic search
🚨 Major Breach $208K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Larger-scale breach or exposure requiring extensive legal action, large-scale recovery/search, or major cover-up operations.
documented public exposure missing/irretrievable instances investigations requiring external contractors
👥 Personnel 1.4 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1.0 [#6] Dedicated or strongly allocated security coverage equivalent to one guard covered by the $50,000/yr allocation.
Research Scientist 0.1 [#7] Principal Investigator fractional time (~0.1 FTE) included in research personnel budget.
Research Technician / Lab Tech 0.15 [#7] Lab technician fractional time (0.1–0.2 FTE range; 0.15 used) included in research personnel budget.
Administrative Staff 0.15 [#23] Record clerk / procurement administrative time (~0.1–0.2 FTE) included in administrative overhead.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates and realistic ranges for hardware, staffing, and legal/contingency needs; SCP is Small and Safe-class so physical containment costs are well-bounded, leaving staffing and contingency as the largest drivers.
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