As used in this chapter the terms:

(1) "Contracting agency" means all agencies and political subdivisions of the state with public works contracting authority.

(2) "Independent roster" means a small works roster established by a contracting agency either by itself or with another contracting agency.

(3) "MRSC" means the municipal research and services center.

(4) "OMWBE" means the office of minority and women's business enterprises.

(5) "Publicly available" means published on a contracting agency's public website. If an agency does not support a public website, the agency must make printed copies of the material available at the reception area of its headquarters by having printed copies available at the office's reception desk or posted on a bulletin board available to the public at the office.

(6) "Public work" means all work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement other than ordinary maintenance, executed at the cost of the contracting agency, or which is by law a lien or charge on any property therein. "Public work" does not include work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement performed under contracts entered into under RCW 36.102.060(4) or under development agreements entered into under RCW 36.102.060(7) or leases entered into under RCW 36.102.060(8).

(7) "Statewide roster" means the statewide small works roster developed by the department of commerce through MRSC.