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Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited

Active

Registered as “DESCO ENGINEERING AND CONTRACTING LIMITED”

Official registry sourcePACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency)Last verified 27 June 2026Official registry verified
Confidence: High

What this rating is based on

  • Official registry record exists
  • Re-verified against the source within the last year
  • Core fields on file (activity, address, incorporation date)
  • Status reported by the registry
  • Tax ID held
  • LEI cross-confirmed (GLEIF)
  • Publicly listed (disclosure obligations)
  • Matched in an IP (trademark) registry
  • Matched to government procurement awards
How Fylings scores confidence →
Registration number
119920026038What is this registration number? →
Legal form
Private Limited Company (Ltd)
Incorporated
17 August 1992More Zambia companies from 1992 →

At a glance

Primary sector
Construction & Engineering
On the register
1992 · 34 yrs
Activity
Active

Primary sector classified by Fylings from the registered name and activity, an inference, not a registry field.

Overview

What we know about Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited

Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited is a Private Limited Company (Ltd) in Zambia. It is recorded with PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency) under registration number 119920026038. The company was registered on 17 August 1992. That made it about 33 years old at the last registry check. Its current status is active. It operates in construction of buildings. Fylings classifies its primary sector as construction & engineering. This record was last verified on 27 June 2026.

03 · Activity

Company timeline

9 events

Registry, exchange, procurement and mining-cadastre events arranged around one entity identifier.

  1. Registry record re-verified

    90% entity-match confidence.

    Fylings verification · Fylings verification

  2. supply and delivery of air conditioning units for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) – Department…

    The University of Zambia

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Procurement of air Conditioner Maintenance/Service in the server room

    Ministry of Infrastructure Housing and Urban Development

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. supply of elevator motor

    National Housing Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. Supply of spare parts for elevators

    National Housing Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  6. Repair, Re-gassing and Install Air Conditioning Units at PACRA Head Office

    Patents and Companies Registration Agency

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  7. RENOVATION OF EIGHT (08NO.)EQUIPMENT ROOMS

    Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  8. Supply delivery and installation of 18 air conditioners to ZPPA

    Zambia Public Procurement Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  9. Company incorporated

    Recorded as company by PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency).

    Registry · PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency)

Timeline span · 1992–20269 total events

Directors & ownership

Who controls Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited

Full verification report

Directors & officers · Shareholders & ownership · Beneficial owners (PSC) · Filings & disclosures · Relationship network

The full report requests this data from PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency) at order time. Where the registry holds no record for a field, the report states that explicitly, we never pad. Delivered by email, typically within one business day.

Government contracts

Public contracts won by Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited

Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited has been awarded 7 public-sector contracts from 6 government bodies, worth ZMW 640,397 in total disclosed value.

Procurement profile: Construction & Infrastructure (among others), inferred from contract descriptions.

7

Contracts

6

Gov. buyers

ZMW 640K

Disclosed value

2018–2025

Active years

Contracts won by year

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Top awarding bodies

Zambia open-contracting data covers 2016 onward; earlier activity may exist but is not published.

Individual awards

  • supply of elevator motor

    National Housing Authority · 5 June 2024

    ZMW 207,060

  • Supply delivery and installation of 18 air conditioners to ZPPA

    Zambia Public Procurement Authority · 2 May 2018

    ZMW 198,882

  • Renovation of eight (08no.)equipment rooms

    Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited · 4 January 2019

    ZMW 124,980

  • Supply of spare parts for elevators

    National Housing Authority · 27 June 2023

    ZMW 76,003

  • Procurement of air Conditioner Maintenance/Service in the server room

    Ministry of Infrastructure Housing and Urban Development · 28 August 2025

    ZMW 30,173

  • Repair, Re-gassing and Install Air Conditioning Units at PACRA Head Office

    Patents and Companies Registration Agency · 25 July 2022

    ZMW 1,740

  • supply and delivery of air conditioning units for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) – Department of Government and Management Studies

    The University of Zambia · 28 November 2025

    ZMW 1,559

Source: Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA), published via the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). Awards are matched to this company by name and registration; disclosed values reflect the awarded amount at time of publication.

Network

Companies connected to Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited

Companies that won contracts from the same public buyers as Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited, in that country's open-contracting data.

On the same register

Other companies registered in Zambia in 1992

These companies appear on Zambia's official register with the same registration year as Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited. A shared registration year is a fact about the register, not a connection between the companies.

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Sanctions & watchlist screening

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About this record

Legal form: Private Limited Company (Ltd)

Activity: Construction of buildings

Registered as a Private Limited Company (Ltd) with PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency), Zambia. What is this registration number? →

Confidence: High · sourced from PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency). Basic-depth records carry the fields the public registry publishes; deeper data is acquired on demand.

FAQ

What is a Private Limited Company (Ltd)?

A private limited company (Ltd) is privately held, its shares aren't offered to the public, and shareholders' liability is limited to their shareholding.

What is PACRA (Patents and Companies Registration Agency)?

PACRA (the Patents and Companies Registration Agency) is Zambia's official registrar of companies and business names, operating the public Business Search of the national registry.

What sector does Desco Engineering And Contracting Limited operate in?

Fylings classifies it in the Construction & Engineering sector, inferred from the registered name and activity.