Branat Construction LLC

Branat Construction LLC, a Tennessee-based small business, performs guy-wire tensioning, tower remediation, antenna installation, and related communication-tower maintenance services for federal agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company is a for-profit limited liability partnership operating under NAICS 237130 (Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction), with seven prime awards totaling $370 thousand in combined potential value across a two-year window.

The firm's customer base is concentrated in the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The FAA accounts for all but one of Branat's recent awards — six definitive contracts split between FAA's Franchise Acquisition Services arm (3 awards, $184 thousand) and FAA Headquarters on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service (3 awards, $165 thousand). NOAA placed a single $21,776 purchase order for antenna removal and installation at the National Weather Service facility in El Paso, Texas. The FAA work clusters around tower remediation and guy-wire tensioning at Forest Service communication tower assets across multiple regions: Mill Creek Butte, Black Mountain, Wall Base, and Bear Mountain towers in New Mexico; Bean Ridge Tower in Illinois; University Mountain Tower in Montana; Sand Lake Tower in Minnesota; and Airey, Erambert, and Wausau repeater sites in Mississippi. Recent work includes the $113,639 contract awarded May 14, 2025, for implementation of guy system tensioning and grounding installation across three Forest Service repeater sites in Mississippi, and the $96,570 contract awarded April 14, 2026, for guy tensioning and refurbishment of four named towers in New Mexico.

All seven awards carry the total small business set-aside designation, indicating Branat competes exclusively under set-aside vehicles rather than full-and-open procurements. Activity has accelerated from two awards in 2025 to five in 2026. Only one award, the NOAA antenna installation contract, completes within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $39 thousand), creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Branat operates as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized: tower guy-wire tensioning per TIA-222 specifications, corrosion abatement, lightning protection system installation per NFPA 780 standards, transmission line re-termination, and related remediation on communication towers and antenna systems for federal agencies managing forestry and weather-service infrastructure.