More than $9 million in vendor contracts could be approved by Houston ISD trustees tonight.

The proposed contracts include a $3 million moving services deal and a $1.5 million award for cleaning. The annual contracts range from moving services to pest control.

Trustee Manuel Rodriguez said he's concerned that so many of the proposed health and medical contracts are between HISD and companies from outside Houston, or out of state.

"We have one of the best medical centers here," Rodriguez said at a board meeting earlier this week. "Why aren't more of the medical supplies being bought from Houston- or Texas-based businesses?"

There are 15 health and medical companies on the approval list. Of those 15 companies, three are Texas-based (Two, A-Athletic Medical Supply and The Wheelchair Shop are based in Houston).

Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett said HISD can only pick from the companies that submit proposals, and the bids for these contracts go through the same process all other bids go through.

When looking at all the the contracts, the number of local companies increases. About two-thirds of the companies that could receive contracts from HISD are either based in Houston or the state of Texas.