SCP-5397 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5397
Expected annual
$11.8M
One-time setup
$18.7M
Annual recurring
$10.9M
Personnel
53
Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $18.7M driven by containment facility buildout, quarantine suites, and initial contingency/reserve; ongoing baseline operations run about $11.0M/year driven by staff wages, research/surveillance, MTF readiness, consumables, and legal/PR.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $18.7M
Facilities $13.0M
[#1, #5, #13] Dedicated containment facility retrofit/newbuild (BSL‑3+/4 standard) and installation of ~10 airtight quarantine suites; includes property acquisition/leasing and structural work for mural storage/security.
Equipment $2.0M
[#2, #7, #8, #12, #21, #22, #23] Initial capital for biocontainment transport vehicles & crates, PPE initial stock, autoclaves/decon systems, mural-handling gear (lifts, crates, racks), initial hardened CCTV/sensor hardware, IT hardware setup, and selected generator/HVAC redundancy equipment.
Emergency Contingency Fund $2.0M
[#25] One-time rapid-access reserve to fund major breach response, mass decontamination, emergency procurements, or large-scale logistics.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#10, #30] Diagnostic assay development/validation, initial sequencing/analysis instruments, lab instrumentation and SOP/manual development and validation.
Long Term Archival Initial $300K
[#26] Initial costs for conservation-grade storage/curation infrastructure for retained mural specimens and archival facilities.
Property Remediation One Time $100K
[#29] One-time remediation/stabilization actions at contaminated sites (initial sampling/limited cleanup) where required.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.9M/yr
Staff Wages $4.9M/yr
[#3, #4, #11, #17] Salaries, benefits, hazard pay, and standby costs for MTF rapid-response team (~25 personnel), on-site guards (~8), research staff and technicians, and medical/quarantine clinical staffing.
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#10, #11, #16, #17, #30] Ongoing assay testing and sentinel surveillance programs, multi-year research program operating costs (experiments, sequencing, animal models where applicable), contact-tracing operational costs, and clinical/quarantine operational spending beyond wages; includes SOP update operations.
Supplies And Consumables $950K/yr
[#6, #7, #9, #24] Ongoing quarantine consumables (filters, PPE consumables), hazardous waste disposal retainer and per-incident disposal costs, and routine lab disposables/reagents for containment operations.
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#14, #15] Annual legal overhead, indemnity/claims reserve budgeting, PR/cover-story monitoring and engagement retainers to manage public exposure and interagency coordination.
Recruiting And Retention $600K/yr
[#28] Hazard pay, recruitment bonuses, and retention incentives for specialized hires (virologists, art-conservators, containment engineers).
Insurance And Risk Transfer $500K/yr
[#20] Insurance premiums and/or retained-risk funds to cover facility liability and catastrophic response where obtainable/appropriate.
Facilities Maintenance $380K/yr
[#5, #21, #23] HVAC/filter replacement and maintenance for quarantine suites and containment, monitoring contract fees for CCTV/tamper sensors, generator and HVAC fuel/maintenance.
Local Authority Coordination $200K/yr
[#27] Stipends, training coordination, reimbursements and interjurisdictional coordination with municipal responders and first responders.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#2, #9, #12] Vehicle fleet maintenance, per-mission transport logistics, and per-incident mural handling/transport consumables and crate wear-and-tear.
Psychological Support $100K/yr
[#18] Ongoing trauma counseling and employee assistance programs for staff, quarantined individuals, and affected families.
Training Drills $100K/yr
[#19] Regular training, tabletop exercises, and periodic full-scale drills for MTF, lab staff, and first responders.
Long Term Archival Maintenance $75K/yr
[#26] Annual curation, climate control, and insurance for retained specimens and artifact custody.
Property Remediation And Monitoring $75K/yr
[#13, #29] Ongoing environmental monitoring, periodic sampling, and remediation contingency planning for outdoor or public-site contamination.
It Maintenance $60K/yr
[#22] Annual maintenance and secure cloud/data archival costs for encrypted case records, imaging archives, and backups.
Sop Updates $30K/yr
[#30] Annual updates and minor revisions to SOPs, training materials, and legal protocols.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.9M/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady-state operations, no major incidents beyond routine containment work.
no_new_outbreaks routine research progress standard MTF readiness deployments (training)
🚨 Minor Incident $11.4M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Single-site discovery of an active mural outside containment requiring MTF response, localized quarantine, testing, and disposal.
single out-of-site mural found one MTF rapid deployment localized quarantine & disposal
🚨 Major Outbreak $25.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Multi-site urban outbreak with many murals and exposures requiring sustained deployments, mass quarantine, large-scale disposal, and heavy legal/PR response.
widespread multi-site mural formation mass hospitalizations/quarantines public exposure / large-scale remediation
👥 Personnel 53 total
Role Count Notes
Mobile Task Force / MTF Agent 25 [#3] High-readiness rapid-response team (Maz Hatters-equivalent); staffing and standby costs included in recurring staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#4] On-site armed guards for major containment sites, 24/7 coverage and overtime/shift premiums.
Research Scientist 6 [#10, #11] Virology, pathology, materials science/art-conservation, and neurobiology staff supporting mechanism research and assay development.
Lab Technician 4 [#8, #10] Laboratory technicians for diagnostics, sample processing, and decontamination workflows.
Medical Officer 4 [#17, #6] Clinical staff for quarantine care, observation, and clinical response.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#23, #12] HVAC/generator maintenance and structural/handling equipment upkeep for containment suites and mural-handling gear.
IT / Administrative Staff 3 [#22, #30] Secure data management, imaging archive curation, SOP documentation and administrative coordination.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#1, #11] Senior management and head researcher oversight of containment and research program.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges provided for each line item; many items have wide ranges (vehicle fleets, facility build options, and outbreak scale) and uncertain incident frequency, producing moderate confidence in aggregate figures.
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