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VOTE COMING UPHouston City Council · 2026-11-04

The City Council is asked to approve contracts with Medco Respiratory Instruments, Inc d/b/a Aveanna Healthcare Medical Solutions, EntraMed, Inc dba Sentido Health, and Home Delivery Incontinence Supplies Co to supply nutritional supplements, incontinence supplies, and other essential medical supplies to the Houston Health Department for one year, with four optional one-year renewals.

What it means for you

If approved, these three vendors would be authorized to provide up to $3,000,000 in medical supplies to the Houston Health Department over a potential five-year period, funded through grant money.

Outcome

Scheduled for the November 4, 2026 council meeting (PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS (CATEGORY) – NUMBERS 10 through 13). No vote has happened yet.

Health — see all →Houston Health Department

Official sources

Official meeting agenda — the full item list as posted ↗

This item is on the posted agenda for an upcoming meeting — no vote has happened yet. The agenda page lists every item and its attachments.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record
Who benefits?Medco Respiratory Instruments, Inc d/b/a Aveanna Healthcare Medical Solutions; EntraMed, Inc dba Sentido Health; Home Delivery Incontinence Supplies Coagenda ↗
Who pays?Grant Fundagenda ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Health Department brought it forward. Taken up at the November 4, 2026 meeting — vote scheduled.agenda ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount — full details in the official agenda ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-pg20261104-12 — data from official records via PlainDocket.