SCP-3372 — SCP-3372 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3372 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3372

Expected annual

$604K

One-time setup

$633K

Annual recurring

$591K

Personnel

Initial capital outlay is approximately $633,000, with expected annual operating costs of about $591,400. Major recurring drivers are staff wages (research + security + program management), veterinary/permit retainer, emergency medical readiness, and contingency/legal/cover-story budgeting.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $633K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $357K

[#5, #17, #19] Initial animal-husbandry setup ($7k) plus one-time research programs: chemical analysis/toxicology program ($150k) and dose/duration/countermeasure research project ($200k).

Equipment $111K

[#2, #3, #8, #15, #16, #18, #20, #24] Initial environmental sensors ($1k), secure transfer box ($3k), autoclave ($20k), specialist handling kit and antivenom procurement ($20k), PPE initial kit ($2k), SOP/engineering controls & cabinets ($35k), audiometry equipment ($10k), freezer/database archival purchases ($20k).

Contingency Reserve $100K

[#23, #28] One-time contingency/legal/insurance reserve (minimum baseline reserve to cover potential remediation/legal exposure).

Facilities $40K

[#1, #4] Secure Safe-class locker purchase/installation ($20k) and modest outfitting of an existing BSL-2/quarantine adjacency for cages/meshes ($20k baseline; full retrofits handled in scenarios).

Permit Fees $25K

[#6] One-time legal/permit processes or special exemptions for endangered/regulated species (mid-range estimate).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $591K/yr

Staff Wages $330K/yr

[#13, #14, #30] Allocated annual salaries: research staff (Level‑3/Level‑4 program allocation), security staffing baseline ($80k), program management/administration.

Research And Monitoring $30K/yr

[#17, #19, #21, #24] Per-sample chemical analyses and toxicology (~$20k/yr), ongoing ethics oversight and research monitoring/admin (~$10k/yr), sample archival/storage operational costs included.

Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr

[#6, #26, #28] Annual legal retainer/permit renewals and cover-story/public-relations budget and insurance premium allocation.

Contingency Contribution $25K/yr

[#23] Recurring annual contribution to contingency/remediation fund to ensure liquidity for incident response.

Psychological Care $24K/yr

[#12] Pre-screening, acute inpatient psych care and outpatient follow-up averaged per-subject across program load.

Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr

[#5, #8, #10, #15, #16, #29] Animal consumables ($10k/yr), hazardous-waste/test disposals (~$2.4k/yr assumed), sedation/medical consumables and misc single-use items (~$6k/yr), PPE consumable replacements (~$2k/yr), specialist equipment annual replacement ($2k/yr).

Veterinary And Permits $20K/yr

[#6] On-call veterinarian retainer and routine wildlife handling/permit compliance retainer (~$20k/yr).

Emergency Medical Retainer $20K/yr

[#10] Emergency on-call medical staffing/ambulance/ER backstop retainer and readiness.

Training And Certification $20K/yr

[#22] Annual mandated training, simulations, clearance maintenance, and certifications program.

Insurance Premium $20K/yr

[#28] Annual insurance / legal-defense premium budgeting (complements one-time reserve).

Inpatient Observation $18K/yr

[#11] Internal observation/clinical bed costs averaged across expected subject exposures (assumed several short admissions annually).

Specialist Surgical Costs $10K/yr

[#9] ENT/operative minor procedure and anesthetic blocks budgeted as per-procedure recurring costs (assumed a small number of events/year).

Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr

[#2, #4, #8] Environmental sensor calibration ($500/yr), HEPA/animal-suite filter & BSL‑2 maintenance ($5k/yr), autoclave maintenance ($2k/yr).

Humane Euthanasia And Repatriation $5K/yr

[#7] Budgeted per‑incident euthanasia, carcass disposal and occasional repatriation support averaged as an annual recurring allowance.

Audiology Rehabilitation $5K/yr

[#20] Budgeted per-year allowance for audiology follow-ups, hearing aids or referrals averaged across subjects.

Logistics And Transport $2K/yr

[#3] Secure transport per-transfer staff time and armored tote usage assumed ~12 transfers/yr at $200/transfer = $2.4k/yr; includes tamper seals/logistics.

Replacement And Conservation $2K/yr

[#25] Ongoing conservation/restoration of wooden case and replacement/sterilization of bamboo mimikaki instances.

Long Term Monitoring $0/yr

[#27] Post-release multi-year environmental monitoring is conditional; baseline annual commitment set to $0 and handled as scenario-driven expense if release occurs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $591K/yr

92.0% probability / year

Normal year with periodic testing and no major incidents or retrofits.

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🚨 Minor Incident $641K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline

Small organism escape or localized public sighting requiring eradication and PR response.

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🚨 Retrofit Required $841K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Site-22 lacks adequate BSL-2/quarantine adjacency or specialized housing and must retrofit/upfit containment.

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🚨 Major Breach $1.1M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Significant public exposure, mass sightings, litigation and large-scale remediation/repatriation.

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👥 Personnel 10 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	2	[#13] PI and senior research scientist allocations for Level‑3/Level‑4 testing and analysis.
Research Technician	2	[#13, #15] Lab technicians/tech support for testing, sample prep and organism handling.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#14] Uniformed guards for locker/testing room and escort duties (baseline staffing reflected in cost model).
Program Manager / Administrative Staff	1	[#30] Program manager for scheduling, audits and no-simultaneous-testing enforcement.
Veterinarian (on-call)	1	[#6] On-call veterinarian retainer (not necessarily full-time employee but budgeted as single headcount equivalent).
Medical Officer / Nurse	1	[#9, #10, #11] Medical/clinical liaison for ENT access, inpatient observation and emergency response.
Data Recorder / Lab Assistant	1	[#13] Data recorder / study assistant present for test sessions and recordkeeping.

📋 Confidence Notes

Detailed analyst notes provide many line items and ranges, but frequency of tests, number of incidents, and site existing-capacity are uncertain; many costs are scenario-dependent (permits, retrofits, legal exposure), producing medium confidence in numeric totals.

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