# HHS Awards Anthropic Interim AI Contract

HHS announced on October 28, 2026, a six-month sole-source contract with Anthropic to maintain employee access to Claude Enterprise and Government services. The interim arrangement covers coding assistance, agentic AI capabilities, and API access while HHS considers broader competitive multiple-award blanket purchase agreements (BPAs). The announcement provides no contract value, solicitation number, or schedule for a follow-on procurement.

- The arrangement maintains access to specified AI services during the six-month term; its value and detailed contract terms were not provided.
- AI providers may find a potential future opportunity in HHS’s consideration of competitive multiple-award BPAs, but no solicitation or procurement timeline has been announced.
- Prospective suppliers can assess how their coding assistance, agentic AI, and API capabilities align with the services identified in the interim contract.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Healthcare, Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** October 28, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

### Vendors
- Anthropic (awardee)

### Sources
- [HHS seeks temporary sole-source contract for Anthropic’s AI | Identity Week](https://identityweek.net/hhs-seeks-temporary-sole-source-contract-for-anthropics-ai) - Planet Biometrics