Rabat – The UK government is exploring a new agreement with Morocco that could give British companies greater access to the country’s public procurement market.
The UK government published a call for evidence on Monday, asking businesses to share their experiences of competing for government contracts in Morocco. The initiative is still at the early scoping stage, and no final agreement has been reached.
A future government procurement agreement (GPA) would establish rules to make public procurement more open, transparent, and fair between the two countries. It would require both sides to treat each other’s goods, services, and suppliers without discrimination when they compete for covered public contracts.
The UK currently has no international trade commitments with Morocco covering government procurement. Morocco is also not a member of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement.
London said adding a government procurement chapter to the UK-Morocco Association Agreement could create new international commitments in this area.
Such an agreement could improve access for British companies seeking public contracts in Morocco, including businesses providing goods and services.
The UK estimates that Morocco’s public procurement market could be worth around £33 billion (MAD 415 billion) over the next few years.
The call for evidence is intended to gather more information on the opportunities and challenges faced by UK businesses in Morocco’s procurement market. Any future work plan will depend on further discussions and engagement, the government said.
The initiative comes as the UK and Morocco continue to expand their economic and trade ties. UK government figures show that bilateral trade reached £4.7 billion (around MAD 59 billion) in the four quarters to the end of 2025, up 10.4% from the previous year.
UK exports to Morocco rose 17.2% to £2.1 billion, while imports from Morocco increased 5.5% to £2.6 billion. The two countries’ trade has more than doubled since the UK-Morocco Association Agreement entered into force in 2021.
A procurement agreement could give British companies another channel to participate in Morocco’s growing public investment market, while establishing clearer rules for competition between suppliers from both countries.
