(a) “Department” means the Department of Transportation.

(b) “Minority” means a person as defined in subdivision (d) of section 10115.1 of the Public Resources Code.

(c) “Minority business enterprise” (“MBE”) means a business concern as defined in subdivisions (e) and (g) of section 10115.1 of the Public Resources Code.

(d) “Women business enterprise” (“WBE”) means a business concern as defined in subdivisions (f) and (g) of section 10115.1 of the Public Contract Code.

(e) “Contract” means any agreement, as defined in subdivision (b) of section 10115.1 of the Public Contract Code. The contracts covered by these regulations do not include contracts funded wholly or in part by the Federal Government and which are required to include disadvantaged, minority, or women business enterprise goals as mandated by federal statutes or regulations, such as the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Part 23.

(f) “Good faith effort” is a concerted effort, as provided in Public Contract Code Section 10115.2, on part of a potential contractor to seek out and consider minority and women business enterprises as potential subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, or both, in order to meet the statewide participation goals of not less than 15 percent for minority business enterprises and not less than 5 percent for women business enterprises as provided in Public Contract Code section 10115, or other goals set forth in the contract pursuant to section 2501(a).