GSA Awards Contract to 141 XM

NEW YORK — The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Web duties to Cordiant Communications Group’s Bates and its interactive and direct-marketing sibling, 141 XM in New York.

Bates won the $930,000 contract after a review that included two other undisclosed agencies, according to a company representative.

GSA is a 53-year-old centralized federal procurement and property management agency that acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services.

As a part of the assignment, Bates and 141 XM will redesign the GSA’s Web site ( http://www.gsa.gov/