A. Yes. Not only is the public sector comparator an integral component of Queensland's public private partnership policy, it also represents best practice benchmarking for all government capital investment projects irrespective of the ultimate means of procurement. The public sector comparator is a key management tool during the procurement process and focuses attention on outputs, risk and costing at a very early stage in the project. The public sector comparator is also a reliable means of demonstrating value for money and provides a consistent benchmarking and bid evaluation tool.