SCP-660 — SCP-660 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-660 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-660

Expected annual

$1.1M

One-time setup

$2.4M

Annual recurring

$1.0M

Personnel

One-time startup costs are dominated by a potential BSL-3 lab upgrade and specialized neutralization/insurance reserves (~$2.4M total one-time). Recurring annual costs are driven by staff wages, an optional long-term experimental program, contingency/reserve funding and site overhead (~$1.04M/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M

Facilities $2.0M

[#2, #3, #8] Safe-deposit box and minor vault installation (#2), vault/room upgrade with CCTV/sensors/access control (#3), and option for an internal BSL-3 upgrade (capital) (#8).

Neutralization Capability $150K

[#26] One-time purchase/development of major neutralization/disposal capability if required (chemical/thermal systems, protocol development) (#26).

Insurance Reserve One Time $100K

[#24] Optional one-time insurance/liability reserve (alternative or supplement to recurring reserves) (#24).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $95K

[#9] Laboratory equipment and initial research lab build-out (biosafety cabinet, incubators, centrifuges, microscopes, autoclave if purchased for on-site research) (#9).

Equipment $35K

[#1, #7, #10, #19] Perspex sealing disc and tamper strips procurement/machining (#1), biosecure transport/custody case (#7), autoclave purchase (capital) (#10), and environmental/tamper sensors (one-time hardware) (#19).

Lims Implementation $12K

[#18] LIMS implementation / sample-tracking software & initial hardware deployment (one-time implementation cost) (#18).

Sop Development $10K

[#17] Initial SOP development, emergency procedures and certification write-up (one-time) (#17).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.0M/yr

Staff Wages $375K/yr

[#5, #11] Dedicated security staffing allocation (pro-rated salaries/benefits) (#5) and core research personnel salaries (PI, postdoc, technician pro-rated/shared FTE) (#11).

Long Term Experimental Program $300K/yr

[#14] Optional/contingent multi-year study budget for monitoring oncogenesis/cell-proliferation, imaging, animal-model costs and extended experimental campaigns (#14).

Contingency Incident Reserve $100K/yr

[#21] Annualized contingency / incident response fund reserved for breaches, emergency quarantine, specialized disposal and rapid-response operations (#21).

Supplies And Consumables $51K/yr

[#13, #16, #20, #10] Molecular assay consumables and reagents/core facility fees (#13), PPE & decontamination supplies (#16), replacement consumables for Perspex disc & tamper strips (#20), and medical-waste disposal contract (recurring portion of #10).

Bsl3 Access Fee $50K/yr

[#8] Alternative to an internal BSL-3 upgrade: scheduled access fees to external BSL-3 facilities (recurring option) (#8).

Insurance And Liability $40K/yr

[#24] Annual insurance/liability reserve or internal fund to cover occupational illness, damage claims, or large remediation needs (#24).

Site Overhead $35K/yr

[#25] Opportunity cost / pro-rated site overhead allocation (power, HVAC, shared site security, property) (#25).

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#23] Annual retainer for legal counsel, public-relations and cover-story management (recurring retainer) (#23).

Facilities Maintenance $16K/yr

[#4, #19, #26] Continuous alarm/CCTV maintenance & monitoring service (#4), sensor maintenance/calibration (#19), and recurring maintenance/training for neutralization capability (#26).

Specialist Consultations $15K/yr

[#12] As-needed pathology / forensic / ancient DNA specialist consultations budgeted as recurring engagements (per-engagement costs averaged to annual estimate) (#12).

Medical Surveillance $12K/yr

[#15] Staff baseline and periodic medical checks, pathogen screens and record-keeping for handlers (#15).

Archaeology Engagements $10K/yr

[#22] Recurring budget for archaeological/cultural property consultations, repatriation diplomacy or ethical oversight per engagement (annualized) (#22).

Training And Sop $8K/yr

[#17] Recurring training, certification, and SOP refreshers for lab and security personnel (#17).

Logistics And Transport $6K/yr

[#6] Short-term armed escort / secure transport cost per check-out (assumed ~6 transports/year at ~$1,000/event as baseline) (#6).

Lims Hosting $3K/yr

[#18] Hosting, maintenance, and secure data storage costs for LIMS / documentation systems (#18).

Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.0M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled research activity and no major incidents.

routine_storage_and_research no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized containment/tamper event or small contamination requiring response, limited remediation and short-term increased testing.

localized_contamination minor_tampering small-scale_remediation

🚨 Major Breach $1.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Significant containment breach, transformation event or public exposure requiring large-scale remediation, neutralization and legal management.

containment_breach massive_transformation public_exposure

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.3M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Unexpected promising research result that triggers rapid scale-up of experimental program and facility capability.

positive_research_results scale_up_required

👥 Personnel 6 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#5] Two dedicated guards (pro-rated salaries/benefits included in staff_wages) to cover secure-site hours and escort duties.
Research Scientist / PI	1	[#11] Principal Investigator (pro-rated FTE contributing to SCP-660 research) included in research salaries.
Research Scientist / Postdoc	1	[#11] Postdoctoral researcher or equivalent (pro-rated FTE) included in research salaries.
Lab Technician	1	[#11] Laboratory technician for sample handling, assays and routine maintenance included in research salaries.
Administrative Staff	1	[#5, #11] Administrative / compliance support (scheduling, documentation, procurement) to support containment and research; included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Costs are based on analyst-provided ranges and standard institutional budgeting; main uncertainties are choice between external BSL-3 access vs internal upgrade, frequency of check-outs/transports, whether the long-term experimental program is pursued, and incident probabilities/severity.

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