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Time the affected service cannot operate. Use elapsed service interruption time, not technician labor hours.
hours
Estimate service interruption with the selected spares level, not technician labor time. No onsite spares matches Today and locks the comparison; previous stocked-spares answers are retained. This is an assumption, not a response-time promise.
hours
Use an estimate for the affected service only. Exclude rental, emergency labor and return visits if adding them separately below. An equipment repair rate is not the facility loss per outage hour.
$ / hour
Metric: One cage held for one day, at the rate the institution postsWhich of this building's own numbers the event is priced in
A research building sells nothing. The units it manages by are the rates the institution itself posts. One is one cage held for one day, at the rate the vivarium publishes. The other is one hour booked on an instrument, at the rate the core publishes. Both rates exist as current numbers for a plain reason. A holder of Federal awards prices a shared service facility to recover only its costs. It also has to update the schedule at least every two years. Most research universities post the schedule on an open page, as UCSF does. Both counts sit in records the institution already keeps. Those are the vivarium count and the booking system the cores run on. The two lines are shown only behind the gate that the charges actually stopped. A short air handler failure does not stop the cage charge on cages still housed and fed. A canceled instrument slot often comes back onto the schedule the same week. The figure is cost the institution could not recover, not a margin, and no margin is applied to it. A spares shelf reaches these two lines and no other line on this page. Both are counts of time the building spent waiting for its own repair. So the with-CARE and removed cells move under this loss and under no other. The counts are per event and multiply by the events count.
UCSF Laboratory Animal Resource Center, FY26-27 recharge rate schedule, new rates effective 7/01/2026, https://larc.ucsf.edu/recharges . Mice, barrier and conventional, $1.19 per cage. The published column reads 'Per cage' and the page does not state the billing interval. So the interval is confirmed with the institution before the figure is read as one cage for one day. Federal rule book at 2 CFR 200.468(b), as revised effective October 1, 2024, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/2/200.468 . The rule covers a recipient of Federal awards that runs a specialized service facility. Its schedule of rates 'Is designed to recover only the aggregate costs of the services'. That rule reaches Federal award recipients only, not private commercial laboratories.
Step 2Pull the core billing and excursion records
Does a written rule cover the work in these rooms?
Yes means an outside rule book governs the work done in these rooms.
Does a written rule cover the work in these rooms?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
cage-daysNot set
05,000,000
The vivarium already keeps this count in its own records.
Cage-days the institution could not charge for, off the vivarium count. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
$Not set
dollars per cage-day
Published schedule: UCSF animal rate schedule, effective July 1, 2026.
Condition of use: The schedule prints this as a charge per cage. It does not say what length of time that covers. The institution confirms that before $1.19 is read as one cage for one day.
0500
The animal maintenance rate schedule posts this charge for these species.
Starting value $1.19 for one cage. The source is the recharge rate schedule FY26-27 of the UCSF Laboratory Animal Resource Center. The rates take effect July 1, 2026, and the line read is mice, barrier and conventional. The published column reads Per cage, and UCSF states no billing interval on that page, so the interval is confirmed with the institution before $1.19 is read as a rate for one day. This box treats the figure as one cage-day until the institution's own schedule settles it; that reading is CCMS's, not the source's. This is one public university's own cost-recovery tariff, and it is not a market rate. Record: 91-S6-verification-raw.json, lab, index 13, fetched.
The institution's posted charge for one cage. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Not set
instrument-hours
0200,000
The booking system the cores run on already holds this count.
Hours booked on the shared instruments the cores could not deliver. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
$Not set
dollars per instrument-hour
05,000
The rate schedule the institution posts for its cores carries this rate.
The hourly rate the cores post for those instruments. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Did the cage charge and the instrument charge actually stop for that time?
Yes means the charge genuinely did not go out for that time.
Did the cage charge and the instrument charge actually stop for that time?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
daysNot set
0365
The suite's test record shows when it went out of use and when it passed.
Days a containment suite sat unused, waiting to pass its test again. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
$per dayNot set
01,000,000
This is the staffing and the study spend that carry on while that suite sits shut.
Cost of one stopped day in that suite. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Not set
deviations
0500
The institution's quality and animal-care systems hold these records.
Written records opened the last time conditions went out of range. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Not set
person-hours
02,000,000
The institution's own count of who stopped and for how long fills this box.
Person-hours of bench and animal-room work that stopped. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Not set
person-hours
02,000,000
This figure only ever subtracts from the count above it.
Hours of that work recovered on evenings and weekends. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Is there a written, dated rule for how warm these units may get and who acts?
Yes means a written rule sets the temperature and names who acts.
Is there a written, dated rule for how warm these units may get and who acts?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
Does the property policy have an add-on that names what is in the freezers?
Yes means the policy carries an add-on naming what sits in the freezers.
Does the property policy have an add-on that names what is in the freezers?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
Step 3Describe the hoods and the cold storage
hoodsNot set
0500
The yearly hood test records carry this count.
Chemical fume hoods now posted out of use, or failing their last airflow test. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Has a Cal/OSHA citation set a date by which those hoods must be fixed?
Yes means a citation is on file and it names a date.
Has a Cal/OSHA citation set a date by which those hoods must be fixed?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
daysNot set
03,650
The count runs from the date the citation names to the day the hood passed.
Days past the date the citation set, for whichever hood has waited longest. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
unitsNot set
02,000
The count covers units that run on the generator and are cooled by this plant.
Freezers, nitrogen tanks and cold rooms with backup power but no backup cooling. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Is a quoted wait time on hand for a rental freezer or a sample move?
Yes means a vendor who serves this address has given a real quote.
Is a quoted wait time on hand for a rental freezer or a sample move?. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
poundsNot set
0500,000
The bills the building already holds carry this figure.
Pounds of dry ice bought to hold cold storage through the event. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
$per poundNot set
0100
The invoice carries the delivered price on the emergency order.
Delivered price of dry ice, per pound. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
$Not set
05,000,000
The institution's own bills carry the rental, the move and the extra nitrogen.
What the rental freezer and the extra nitrogen cost. Blank means unknown; zero means none. The selected calculation identifies the financial role. Supporting facility and coverage answers are reported separately, not added to financial risk.
The two figures at the ends of the slider are the smallest and the largest answers this box takes. They mark the edges of the question. Neither one is a typical figure for this research building, and neither one is a suggestion.
Questions included in this metric
Every question in this panel feeds the figures beside it. Nothing is set aside.
Starting values, blanks and sources
Every box below opens blank, or at a starting value. A starting value stands only until the site's own figure takes its place. It is named under its box, with its source, and with its working one symbol away. A blank box is refused by name until the site answers it. Every box says why behind the information symbol beside its question.
Use the number of similar outages in the result period. Annual records are included once; only repair costs are multiplied by this count. In hourly or per-event records mode, the selected service loss is also multiplied. This is a scenario assumption, not a failure prediction.
events / year
Repair costs to include
Select only costs not already counted above.
Regional T3 planning allowances from the existing calculator, not a binding quote or a promise of service coverage. Base covers the other California counties; North/SF covers San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake. The default is Base, matching the original calculator. Confirm the applicable rate before relying on an estimate.
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Annual cost todayNot set
Building types and method
Step 1
Which building is this?
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How this is different
Every box opens blank, or at a starting value. A starting value stands only until the site's own figure takes its place. Where CCMS cannot source something honestly, this page leaves it out and names it.
22
Questions, and every one of them this building type's own
21 of them sit in the two steps below. The count of events in a year sits at the foot of the panel. Each one comes off this market's own contract language and its own published rates. A question CCMS cannot source honestly is not asked.
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