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SCP-690 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-690
Expected annual
$751K
One-time setup
$7.0M
Annual recurring
$696K
Personnel
4
One-time setup and contingency funds are the dominant expense (estimated ≈ $7.045M including a large containment-breach reserve and optional BSL-3 build); baseline annual operating costs are modest by comparison at $696,500/yr driven primarily by security wages, scientific oversight, disposal and medical readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.0M
Containment Breach Reserve $5.0M
[#29] Large one-time contingency/reserve fund for catastrophic public-exposure response (mass treatment, PR, litigation, mass prophylaxis and large-scale remediation).
Facilities $1.6M
[#2, #3, #4, #19] Containment room build-out, HEPA/negative-pressure upgrades, optional BSL-3 construction (capital), and initial inventory/CCTV/installation costs. Figures assume a modest containment build-out plus an optional in-house BSL-3 mid-range cost; CCTV/install portion of #19 included here.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#23] Analytical instrumentation and in-house testing capabilities (mass spec/PCR/incubators) capital cost for establishing internal testing capability.
Decommissioning $75K
[#30] One-time costs for licensed abatement, transport, permits and specialty incineration should decommissioning/destruction be authorized.
Equipment $64K
[#1, #11, #12] Secure refrigerated storage unit (biomedical refrigerator or small walk-in), glovebox/sealed handling cabinet, and autoclave/sterilization equipment (capital purchase and installation).
Initial Training And Sop $6K
[#21] Initial SOP development, staff training and ethics/compliance approvals (one-time implementation cost).
Baseline Medical Screening $3K
[#15] Pre-placement baseline medical screening and vaccinations for initial authorized personnel (one-time per onboarding cohort).
Tamper Decoy Setup $2K
[#27] One-time setup cost for tamper-evident packaging/deceptive decoy stock creation and program initialization.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $696K/yr
Staff Wages $360K/yr
[#6, #8] Salaries and benefits for security staffing (3 FTEs) and scientific personnel oversight (fractional FTEs aggregated).
Post Exposure Reserve $92K/yr
[#16] Annual reserve for hospitalization, IV antibiotics, prolonged vitamin K therapy and other post-exposure treatments (scaled down from high-end contingency).
Emergency Quarantine Reserve $50K/yr
[#17] Annual reserve for quarantine/isolation facility costs, EMS/ambulance coordination and emergency transfers.
Research And Monitoring $47K/yr
[#5, #22, #24] Outsourced testing (pay-per-use BSL-3 lab services), routine environmental surveillance testing (swabs), and annual research budget/personnel time for approved studies.
Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr
[#25] Public-relations, legal & cover costs for civilian discovery responses, replacement/decoy operations and small-scale legal work.
Rapid Response Retainer $25K/yr
[#7] Retainer or ongoing training/upgrades for rapid response/armed intervention capability to remove non-compliant users and secure material.
Occupational Health Services $20K/yr
[#9] On-call physician/nurse, exposure follow-up, baseline screening follow-up and occupational health coordination.
Supplies And Consumables $19K/yr
[#10, #14, #28] PPE, decontamination consumables, HEPA-vacuum supplies, labels, seals, sample tubes and other routine consumables.
Insurance And Audits $15K/yr
[#26] Liability insurance, compliance audits and external regulatory reporting reserve.
Facilities Maintenance $14K/yr
[#3, #12, #19, #20] Ongoing HVAC/HEPA/negative-pressure maintenance, autoclave servicing, and periodic access/CCTV maintenance and small facility repairs.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#18] Secure, temperature-controlled courier services, tamper-evident transport, and chain-of-custody shipments between storage, testing labs and medical facilities.
Hazardous Waste Disposal $10K/yr
[#13] Certified hazardous waste contractor fees for mixed asbestos/biohazard and rodenticide disposals (annual budget for routine pickups).
Recurring Training $8K/yr
[#21] Annual refresher training, SOP updates and ethics/compliance refresher courses.
Tamper Replacement Annual $1K/yr
[#27] Annual budget for replacement decoys and small-scale appearance-matching decoy stock turnover.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $696K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine operations, security, disposal, training, and small-scale outsourced testing.
no_incident routine_testing standard_staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $792K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$95K vs baseline
A contained personnel exposure or small contamination event requiring medical treatment, cleanup, extra disposal and legal/PR response.
single_staff_exposure local_contamination additional_cleanup
🚨 Catastrophic Outbreak $10.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Box lost to the public or multiple simultaneous exposures leading to a mass public-health response, litigation, mass prophylaxis and long-term remediation.
public_exposure widespread_compulsion mass_hospitalizations
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#6] Three FTEs to provide continuous 24/7 onsite guard coverage (shift coverage).
Research Scientist 1 [#8] Scientific oversight/toxicology/microbiology fractional FTEs aggregated into one equivalent on-staff research position for oversight and coordination with external labs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing a mid-level quantitative estimate; significant uncertainty remains around optional choices (in-house BSL-3 vs outsourcing) and the low-probability/high-cost breach scenarios, so confidence is medium.
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