R&D Cost Savings Assessment

Your R&D Profile

External R&D projects per year

Hours spent finding each expert hrs

Procurement cycle (weeks per project) wks

Average project cost $

R&D team size

Loaded cost of internal R&D time ? Fully-loaded hourly cost of an internal R&D scientist or engineer doing sourcing work — base salary + benefits + overhead. Default $150/hr reflects a senior R&D scientist (BLS OEWS materials sci. 75th–90th percentile, $106K–$135K base) burdened at 1.46× per the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation report (Dec 2025). Slide up to ~$300/hr for principal scientists, or down to ~$75/hr for junior staff. $ /hr

Default: $150/hr — senior R&D scientist, fully loaded (BLS OEWS × ECEC 1.46× benefits multiplier).

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Estimated Annual Savings with NotedSource * Annual Savings = Current Annual Spend − Spend with NotedSource. Both figures combine project cost and the labor cost of internal sourcing hours at your blended hourly rate.

$289,800 / year

43% return on investment * ROI = Annual Savings ÷ Spend with NotedSource. Read as: “for every $1 spent in the NotedSource state, you reclaim $X.”

Hours Saved * Hours Saved = projects/yr × (your hours per project − 4). NotedSource benchmark: 4 hrs from brief to matched expert via Research CompassAI.

432 hrs

Expert search time eliminated

Labor Cost Saved * Labor Cost Saved = Hours Saved × the loaded hourly cost of an internal R&D scientist (default $150/hr — senior R&D scientist base wage from BLS OEWS × 1.46× benefits multiplier from BLS ECEC). Adjust the slider to match your team’s actual loaded rate.

$129,600

Reclaimed sourcing-team capacity

Weeks Saved * Weeks Saved = projects/yr × (your procurement cycle − 1 week). NotedSource ships under a pre-negotiated MSA so a project can kick off in ≤1 week.

84 wks

Procurement cycle reduction

Project Cost Reduction * Project Cost Reduction = projects/yr × project cost × 25%. The 25% reflects NotedSource’s blended discount from volume aggregation, AI-matched fit (less rework), and pre-negotiated MSA terms.

$225,000

Direct project spend avoided

Current Annual Spend * Current Annual Spend = (projects × project cost) + (projects × hours per project × blended hourly rate). Project spend plus the loaded labor cost of internal sourcing.

$972,000

Projects + sourcing labor

With NotedSource * Spend with NotedSource = (projects × project cost × 0.75) + (projects × 4 hrs × blended hourly rate). 25% project cost reduction plus the residual ~4 hrs of internal coordination per project.

$682,200

Optimized total cost

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Hours Saved per Year 432 hrs

projects (12) × (your hours 40 − NotedSource 4) = 432 hrs

Labor Cost of Hours Saved $129,600

Hours Saved (432) × blended rate ($300/hr) = $129,600

Loaded hourly cost = base wage × 1.46× (BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Dec 2025: benefits = ~31% of total comp for management/professional roles in private industry). $150/hr default sits in the senior R&D scientist band ($106K–$135K base, BLS OEWS materials scientists, May 2024). Adjustable above.

Project Cost Reduction $225,000

projects (12) × project cost ($75,000) × 25% reduction = $225,000

25% blended reduction sources: volume aggregation across the network, AI-matched fit (fewer false starts & rework), and pre-negotiated MSA pricing.

Current Annual Spend $972,000

projects (12) × project cost ($75,000) + projects (12) × hours (40) × rate ($300) = $1,044,000

Spend with NotedSource $682,200

projects (12) × project cost ($75,000) × 0.75 + projects (12) × 4 hrs × rate ($300) = $689,400

Total Annual Savings $289,800

Current Spend ($1,044,000) − NotedSource Spend ($689,400) = $354,600

Sources & benchmarks: The $150/hr default loaded labor rate is derived from BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) for senior R&D scientists/engineers ($106K–$146K base wage, 75th–90th percentile) burdened at the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation ratio of 1.46× wage to total compensation (Dec 2025, management/professional, private industry). The 4 hrs to a matched expert and 1-week procurement cycle are NotedSource platform benchmarks (Research CompassAI matching + pre-negotiated enterprise MSA). The 25% project cost reduction is a blended observed reduction across volume aggregation, AI-matched fit, and standardized contracting. All figures recalculate live from your inputs above — adjust any slider to match the prospect’s reality.

Before vs. After NotedSource

Time to find the right expert 40 hours 4 hours 90% faster

Procurement cycle 8 weeks 1 week 88% faster

Expert vetting process Manual, ad-hoc AI-matched, pre-vetted 50,000+ experts

Contract & compliance Custom per project Pre-negotiated MSA Zero admin overhead

IP protection Varies by engagement Built-in NDA & IP terms Enterprise-grade

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