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SCP-2289 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2289
Expected annual
$6.2M
One-time setup
$12.1M
Annual recurring
$6.1M
Personnel
23
First-year one-time capital and setup costs are roughly $12.1M driven by containment construction/upgrades and major imaging/autoclave/IT purchases; steady-state annual operating costs are ~ $6.13M driven by specialist staff, contracted imaging/sequencing, and biosecurity operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.1M
Facilities $6.8M
[#1, #10, #21, #25, #35] ABSL-3 animal module / negative-pressure suite construction and structural upgrades, security hardware, backup generator, plumbing/waste upgrades, and decommissioning reserve estimate for construction-level CAPEX.
Equipment $3.6M
[#3, #5, #12, #14, #15, #16, #19, #26, #29] Major equipment purchases: industrial autoclave, (optional) small-animal MRI, neurophysiology rigs, secure servers, redundant CCTV/behavioral cameras, transport vehicle, necropsy table/hardware, freezers, custom containment enclosures.
Containment Reserve Fund $1.0M
[#27] Initial reserve / contingency fund to cover worst-case containment, culling, relocation, or major remediation (one-time seed).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $348K
[#13, #18, #29] Bench and molecular/pathology bench setup, initial SOP/training development, and biobank inventory/setup costs.
Human Isolation Cell $188K
[#2] One-time fit-out for secure human isolation room (toilet/shower, dedicated HVAC separation, negative pressure, dedicated plumbing).
Legal Setup $110K
[#22] Initial legal/regulatory/ethics counsel and compliance setup fees (IACUC-equivalent, retained counsel for human-case handling).
Spare Parts Inventory $60K
[#21] One-time procurement of spare critical components (filters, pump spares, seals, PPE spares) to support 72-hour redundancy.
Cover Story Setup $28K
[#23] One-time costs for shell companies, procurement obfuscation, and initial publicity/cover materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.1M/yr
Research And Monitoring $2.5M/yr
[#12, #13, #14, #28, #29, #34] Contracted imaging hours (MRI/CT), sequencing and molecular testing per-sample costs, neurophysiology/EEG consumables and maintenance, project-based experimental budgets, biobank storage ops, and ongoing environmental/sentinel surveillance.
Staff Wages $2.2M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #11] Salaries, benefits, and overhead for veterinary staff, animal care technicians, containment/maintenance technicians, security salaries, and research staff (senior scientists + lab techs).
Personnel Hazard Pay $442K/yr
[#33] Hazard/retention premiums (estimated ~20% of high-risk staff pool to retain personnel).
Facilities Maintenance $172K/yr
[#2, #4, #10, #16, #21, #25, #3] Ongoing HVAC/electricity and filter changeouts, human-room maintenance, security system monitoring, camera/system maintenance, fuel/testing for backup power, plumbing treatment operations, and enclosure repair cycles.
Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr
[#22, #23] Ongoing retained counsel, compliance costs, and cover/opacity operations (PR, front-company maintenance, procurement obfuscation).
Supplies And Consumables $130K/yr
[#5, #7, #24, #26, #31] PPE and specialized disposable suits, autoclave consumables/service, food/enrichment/bedding/meds, necropsy/pathology consumables, and biopsy/dissection consumables.
Medical Contingency Fund $125K/yr
[#17] Annual contingency for acute treatment or evacuation expenses related to accidental exposures.
Reserve Replenishment $100K/yr
[#27] Annual replenishment target for containment/emergency reserve fund.
Emergency Decon Contract $85K/yr
[#20] Standby contracted emergency remediation and fumigation readiness (annual retainer).
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#19] Drivers, vehicle upkeep, and routine secure transport costs for animals and samples.
Waste Disposal $42K/yr
[#6] Contracted incineration / biohazard waste treatment and regulatory manifesting for contaminated bedding, tissues, and wastewater outputs.
It Operations $42K/yr
[#15] Operations for air-gapped servers, encrypted backups, software licenses, and IT support for sensitive imaging/EEG data.
Personal Medical Monitoring $35K/yr
[#17] Annual occupational health screening, serology, and routine staff medical monitoring.
Euthanasia And Disposal Budget $30K/yr
[#32] Budgeted funds for humane euthanasia, legal recording, and disposal for animals/human if required.
Public Health Response Pool $20K/yr
[#30] Modest annual allocation toward public-health coordination / planning (kept low; larger amounts are incident-dependent).
Training And Sop $15K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training, certification, and SOP updates for biosecurity and animal handling.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.1M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year without major incidents; routine operations, experiments, and scheduled maintenance proceed as planned.
no_incident routine_research scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $6.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized contamination or small-scale exposure requiring targeted decontamination, overtime, limited testing, and temporary research disruption.
localized_contamination limited_decontamination staff_overtime
🚨 Major Breach $9.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring facility-scale decontamination, potential culling/relocation, use of contingency reserves, and extended operational downtime.
containment_breach facility_decontamination animal_relocation
🚨 Public Exposure $10.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Accidental public exposure or uncovered human case that triggers formal public-health response, PR/coverup operations, and extensive legal/containment actions.
human_infectivity_public public_health_response media_exposure
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Veterinarian 1 [#8] Full-time infectious-disease veterinarian covering clinical care and surgical interventions.
Animal Care Technician 3 [#8] Animal technicians for daily husbandry, cleaning, and monitoring (coverage across shifts).
Research Scientist 4 [#11] Senior scientists (virology/pathology, immunology, neurobiology/ophthalmology) performing experiments and analysis.
Research Technician / Lab Tech 3 [#11, #13] Lab technicians supporting molecular, histology, sample prep, sequencing workflows.
Containment Technician / Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#9, #21] Staff for HVAC/filter changes, autoclave operation, decon, and general facility maintenance.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#10] Minimum two armed guards per shift dedicated to the suite (3-shift coverage).
Medical Officer 1 [#17] Occupational health/medical oversight for staff monitoring and exposure response.
IT / Systems Administrator 1 [#15] Manages air-gapped servers, secure backups, and image/EEG data systems.
Administrative Staff 1 [#22] Site administrative/compliance support for permits, scheduling, and procurement.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for nearly all categories, enabling a reasonable budget estimate; however many line items have wide ranges (facility build vs retrofit, imaging purchase vs rental, sequencing sample throughput), and incident costs are highly variable, so certainty is moderate.
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