Intent to Sole Source to Anthropic

This is a federal notice of intent to award a sole‑source contract to Anthropic for continued enterprise‑wide access to its Claude frontier AI models (Claude for Enterprise / Claude for Government). The work includes providing advanced generative‑AI capabilities—chat, reasoning, document analysis, coding assistance, agentic features, and secure API access—while meeting HHS security, data‑handling, and compliance requirements (HIPAA, FIPS‑validated encryption, CONUS residency, etc.). The contract is intended to bridge the gap until a competitive multi‑award BPA for similar frontier AI services is awarded. • Sole‑source award under 41 U.S.C. 1901 / FAR 13.106‑1(b)(1). • Provides enterprise‑level AI services (large language models, long‑context, custom workflows) to authorized HHS users. • Requires strict federal data security, HIPAA/BAA compliance, and exportable audit logging.