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SCP-207 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-207
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$726K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
6
Estimated one-time setup costs total about $726,000 driven by instrumentation purchase, containment retrofits, and contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are roughly $1.17M driven primarily by security wages, research funding, medical readiness, and contingency replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $726K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $328K
[#9, #10, #27] Initial PPE issuance, purchase of LC-MS/analytical instrumentation (one-time purchase chosen), and initial sample-archiving kit/spares.
Contingency Reserve Initial $200K
[#25] Initial contingency/reserve fund for catastrophic or unusual events as recommended.
Facilities $110K
[#2, #17] Vault retrofit and containment-area reinforcement (sealed drains, reinforced walls/doors, energy-absorbing test chambers). Combined midpoint of retrofit ranges used.
Equipment $60K
[#1, #3, #5, #7, #8, #20, #23] Waterproofed locking container, key-control/biometric system, CCTV/motion detector installation, screening hardware (one-time portion), chain-of-custody software setup, vending-machine software/product swap, and initial data-security hardware/setup.
Risk Assessment Initial $20K
[#29] One-off comprehensive public-safety simulation and risk assessment / major review.
Hazardous Disposal Equipment $8K
[#16] Initial provisioning for full-crate inertization / disposal capability (one-time per-disposal equipment or contracted capability).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $394K/yr
[#10, #12, #13, #14, #21, #22] Research program baseline funding, instrumentation maintenance/consumables, medical standby costs for testing, clinical follow-up pool, autopsy/pathology contingency, and annual training/drills.
Staff Wages $275K/yr
[#6] Security monitoring & extra guard staffing (6 guards @ midpoint salary estimate).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#24] Legal/cover operations & public relations contingency fund for leaks or external exposure.
Contingency Reserve Replenish $100K/yr
[#25] Annual replenish amount for the contingency reserve after mobilization.
Administrative Overhead $100K/yr
[#28] Allocated overhead for senior researcher approvals, Level-4/Level-3 oversight and protocol bureaucracy.
Biohazard Cleanup And Decontamination $50K/yr
[#15] Annual contingency for biohazard cleanup, decontamination, and specialized waste cleanup after incidents.
Personnel Screening Labor $45K/yr
[#7] Recurring labor overhead for hand-search stations, bag checks, and personnel screening entering the bio-containment area.
Facilities Maintenance $42K/yr
[#18, #26] Annual repair & replacement budget for infrastructure damaged by hyperkinetic subjects and miscellaneous utilities/climate control loads.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#19, #20] Secure transport costs (armored courier / transfer team) and vending-machine restocking/compliance audits.
Risk Assessment Periodic $10K/yr
[#29] Amortized annual cost for periodic risk-assessments / public-safety simulations (averaged).
Data Security Hosting $6K/yr
[#23] Recurring hosting/maintenance for secure servers, encrypted backups and forensic analysis tools.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #16, #27] Chain-of-custody licensing, PPE replacements/consumables, sampling disposables, routine hazardous-waste disposals, and sample-archiving replacements.
Access Audit And Key Management $1K/yr
[#4] Periodic access audits, replacement cards/biometric maintenance, and key-custody audits.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine testing and maintenance, no major incidents.
routine_testing no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.2M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Single test-related fatality or moderate containment breach requiring autopsy, targeted cleanup, and localized repairs.
single_fatality localized_cleanup targeted_repairs
🚨 Major Breach $1.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline
Large containment failure or public exposure requiring major cleanup, replacement of materials, legal/PR mobilization and tapping contingency reserves.
multiple_casualties public_exposure crate_destruction
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#6] Six guards (2 per shift) to provide 24/7 physical security; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many items are provided with ranges and recommended midpoints were used; instrumentation choices (purchase vs pay-for-access) and incident frequencies are uncertain, producing moderate confidence in the estimates.
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