SCP-5950 — SCP-5950 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5950 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5950

Expected annual

$2.7M

One-time setup

$3.1M

Annual recurring

$2.7M

Personnel

One-time capital and retrofit costs are approximately $3,135,000 driven by containment retrofits, HVAC/medical suites, transport units and scalability; ongoing annual operating costs are approximately $2,708,000 driven primarily by staff wages, security, and contingency/reserve allocations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.1M

Facilities $925K

[#1, #2, #3] Structural containment retrofit, sealed plumbing/waste systems, and negative-pressure / HVAC capital work.

Equipment $835K

[#4, #5, #6, #11, #19, #21] Medical/veterinary equipment, monitoring/telemetry hardware, transport crates/vehicles, controlled-substance vault setup, sample freezers, and initial IT/hardware.

Containment Scalability Per Enclosure $750K

[#27] Estimated one-time cost to build/modify one additional enclosure/host-pair (capital expansion).

Emergency Reserve Fund One Time $300K

[#16] One-time portion of emergency/breach remediation reserve fund (capitalized reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K

[#7] Research laboratory instrumentation (microscopy, tissue culture hood, GC-MS/LC-MS access, sequencing setup).

Training Initial $35K

[#22] Initial SOP development and staff species-specific training program development.

Historical Documentation $15K

[#25] Archival, translation and documentation of IJAMEA/historical records relevant to SCP-5950.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr

Staff Wages $1.1M/yr

[#8] Core scientific and technical staff salaries plus benefits/overhead (parazoologists, veterinarian, neuroscientist/toxicologist, med-techs, site manager).

Security Staffing $525K/yr

[#9] Armed security staffing across shifts and supervisory officers.

Contingency Reserve Allocation $200K/yr

[#28] Annual allocation toward a larger contingency/reserve for catastrophic remediation or prolonged amnestic campaigns.

Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr

[#17, #18] Baseline amnestic/information-control budget and legal/cover-company/PR expenses.

D Class Management $120K/yr

[#10] D‑class host procurement, medical screening, housing and management costs (baseline for ~2 hosts).

Emergency Readiness And Training $100K/yr

[#16] Annual readiness, drills, mobile containment readiness and training costs.

Host Replacement Fund $100K/yr

[#24] Annual allocation for host mortality, replacement processing and long-term lifecycle planning.

Research And Monitoring $97K/yr

[#5, #7, #14, #19] Monitoring data storage/maintenance, research reagents/consumables, outsourced imaging (MRI/CT) scans, and LN2/power for sample storage.

Logistics And Transport $60K/yr

[#6, #23] Per-transfer operational costs for transport units and routine vehicle/fuel/escort costs for movements and sample transfers.

Miscellaneous Maintenance Utilities $60K/yr

[#26] Routine building maintenance, spare parts, utilities (electricity/water), janitorial and small tools.

Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr

[#12, #20] PPE, decontamination consumables, autopsy/pathology disposables and routine sterile supplies.

Medical Maintenance And Consumables $40K/yr

[#4] Maintenance and consumables for medical/veterinary suite (ventilators, sterile instruments, ICU supplies).

Biohazard And Chemical Disposal $30K/yr

[#13] Contracted disposal for biological and chemical (barbiturate-laden) waste streams.

It Maintenance $30K/yr

[#21] Ongoing secure IT, encrypted storage, redundancy and sysadmin support.

Controlled Substance Compliance $15K/yr

[#11] Regulatory compliance, inventory management and limited procurement/testing stock for controlled substances.

Hvac Filters And Energy $12K/yr

[#3] Filter/media replacement and additional HVAC/negative-pressure energy costs.

Training Drills $12K/yr

[#22] Recurring staff retraining and scenario drills.

Feeding And Enrichment $2K/yr

[#15] Diet, produce supply and behavioral enrichment per hosted instance (assumes two instances).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; only baseline recurring costs.

routine operations scheduled transfers no breach or public exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $2.9M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized containment incident or single-host mortality requiring targeted remediation, extra autopsy, and a limited amnestic/legal response.

single-host sudden death localized leak/containment breach limited press/medical exposure

🚨 Major Breach $4.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Significant containment breach and public exposure requiring large-scale remediation, mass amnestic operations, public safety response and repair/replacement of containment infrastructure.

public exposure multi-host escape or prolonged contamination lengthy legal/PR campaign

👥 Personnel 17 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Parazoologist	2	[#8] Parazoology researchers responsible for behavior and husbandry.
Veterinarian	1	[#8] Veterinary care and surgical/ICU responsibilities.
Neuroscientist / Toxicologist	1	[#8] Toxin characterization and neural attachment studies.
MedTech / Caregiver	2	[#8] Daily care, monitoring, and medical support for hosts.
Site Manager / Executive Staff	1	[#8] Operational management and coordination.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#9] Armed security personnel covering multiple shifts.
Security Supervisor	2	[#9] Supervisory/security officer roles managing shifts and escorts.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are midpoints of provided ranges and map each analyst line item to budget categories; costs are reasonably well-constrained by detailed notes but subject to wide variability for incidents (amnestic, host replacement, large-scale remediation), so confidence is medium.

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